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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2016
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
William L. Tonar, Holland, MI (US);
Joel A. Stray, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Danny L. Minikey, Jr., Fenwick, MI (US);
Mathias R. Fox, Zeeland, MI (US);
Kenneth R. Filipiak, West Olive, MI (US);
Niels A. Olesen, Zeeland, MI (US);
GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A rearview mirror assembly includes a housing, a bezel and an electro-optic mirror element. The electro-optic mirror element includes a first substantially transparent substrate having an edge extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the first substantially transparent substrate and a second substrate having a second edge extending around at least a portion of a perimeter of the second substrate and a fourth surface. The first substantially transparent substrate and the second substrate define a cavity therebetween. An electro-optic material is disposed within the cavity. The edge of the first substantially transparent substrate and the second edge of the second substrate are coupled to at least one of the bezel and the housing.