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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2007
Danny L. Minikey, Jr., Fenwick, MI (US);
Mark W. Newton, Holland, MI (US);
Ethan J. Lee, Byron Center, MI (US);
William L. Tonar, Holland, MI (US);
Darin D. Tuttle, Byron Center, MI (US);
David J. Cammenga, Zeeland, MI (US);
John S. Anderson, Holland, MI (US);
John B. Ostreko, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Christian M. Kemperman, Grand Haven, MI (US);
David A. Blaker, Holland, MI (US);
Danny L. Minikey, Jr., Fenwick, MI (US);
Mark W. Newton, Holland, MI (US);
Ethan J. Lee, Byron Center, MI (US);
William L. Tonar, Holland, MI (US);
Darin D. Tuttle, Byron Center, MI (US);
David J. Cammenga, Zeeland, MI (US);
John S. Anderson, Holland, MI (US);
John B. Ostreko, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Christian M. Kemperman, Grand Haven, MI (US);
David A. Blaker, Holland, MI (US);
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
An inventive rearview assembly for a vehicle may comprise a mirror element and a display including a light management subassembly. The subassembly may comprise an LCD placed behind a transflective layer of the mirror element. Despite a low transmittance through the transflective layer, the inventive display is capable of generating a viewable display image having an intensity of at least 250 cd/mand up to 3500 cd/m. The display includes a novel backlighting subassembly and novel optical components including a magnifying system, a depolarizer, a reflector, and a reflective polarizer. The display may be configured to display an image having edges contoured to correspond to the edges of the mirror element.