Full display mirror with gear-driven toggle mechanism

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9963074
SERIAL NO

15053252

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A rearview mirror for a vehicle includes a housing defining an interior cavity and an open side, a substrate coupled within the open side of the housing and having a reflective surface thereon, and an actuation mechanism coupled within the housing. 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 and having a resiliently deformable arm portion extending away from the mounting plate. The actuation mechanism also includes a socket body rotatably coupled within the interior cavity of the housing, the arm portion of the spring plate being operably coupled with the socket body along a coupling axis and a motor rigidly coupled within the interior cavity of the housing and operably coupled with the socket body to drive rotation thereof.

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GENTEX CORPORATION600 NORTH CENTENNIAL STREET ZEELAND MICHIGAN 49464 49464

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Kuester, Ulrich A Spring Lake, US 24 202
Minikey, Danny L Fenwick, US 1 1

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