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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2023
Filed:
May. 16, 2022
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Kenneth C. Peterson, Ada, MI (US);
Gregory A. Huizen, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Gabriele W. Sabatini, Keswick, CA;
Traian Miu, Oakville, CA;
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mounting structure and a mirror head pivotally mounted at the mounting structure via a pivot joint. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and a display and mirror assembly, which includes a frame portion, a video display screen at a front side of the frame portion, and a mirror reflective element at a front side of the video mirror display screen. The mirror reflective element includes a variable reflectivity liquid crystal (VRLC) stack of layers, which have a liquid crystal (LC) layer disposed between a rear glass substrate and a front glass substrate. The front and rear glass substrates are integrated in the VRLC stack of layers. With the mounting structure mounted at an interior portion of a vehicle, the video display screen is operable to display video images derived from video images provided by an ECU of the vehicle.