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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2017
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
Ulrich A. Kuester, Spring Lake, MI (US);
GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A rearview mirror for a vehicle includes a housing defining an interior cavity and an actuation mechanism. The actuation mechanism includes a mounting plate rotatably coupled within the cavity of the housing at a first end thereof and a spring plate coupled with the mounting plate at a first coupling and slidably coupled with the mounting plate at a second coupling. The spring plate defines a resiliently deformable spring portion positioned between the first and second couplings and an arm portion extending away from the second coupling opposite the spring portion. The actuation mechanism further includes a toggle barrel positioned within the interior cavity of the housing and rotatable between first and second positions to compress the spring portion of the spring plate by movement of the arm portion by sliding of the spring plate with respect to the second coupling.