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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Gentex Corporation, Zeeland, MI (US);
George A. Neuman, Holland, MI (US);
Henry A. Luten, Holland, MI (US);
John S. Anderson, Holland, MI (US);
Jeffrey A. Forgette, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Jeffrey N. Williams, Kentwood, MI (US);
Lansen M. Perron, Jenison, MI (US);
GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A multi-zone reflector having an opaque zone and a transflective zone. The reflector includes a supporting base, a lower reflecting layer disposed adjacent the supporting base, and an upper reflecting layer extending over the opacifying layer and the transflective zone of the reflector. The lower reflecting layer substantially completely covers the transflective zone, and the opacifying layer is disposed substantially outside the transflective zone adjacent to the lower reflecting layer. Over at least a portion of the transflective zone, the upper and lower reflecting layers have a common surface.