Interior rearview mirror assembly

An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:

• a mounting structure configured for mounting at an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said interior rearview mirror assembly;
• a mirror casing adjustably disposed relative to said mounting structure;
• an electro-optic reflective element disposed at said mirror casing and comprising a front glass substrate and a rear glass substrate and an electro-optic medium sandwiched therebetween and bounded by a perimeter seal;
• wherein said front substrate has a first surface and a second surface and a first perimeter edge spanning between said first and second surfaces, said first surface being closer to a driver of the equipped vehicle when said mounting structure of said interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted at the interior portion of the equipped vehicle that is being driven by the driver;
• wherein said second surface of said front substrate has a transparent conductive coating established thereat;
• wherein said rear substrate has a third surface and a fourth surface and a second perimeter edge spanning between said third and fourth surfaces, said third surface being closer to said front substrate;
• wherein said third surface of said rear substrate has a conductive coating established thereat;
• wherein said rear substrate attaches at an attachment element of said mirror casing, and wherein said first and second perimeter edges are exposed and outside of said mirror casing when said rear substrate is attached at said attachment element of said mirror casing;
• wherein said first and second perimeter edges comprise rounded perimeter surfaces;
• wherein, with said electro-optic reflective element disposed at said mirror casing, said rounded perimeter surfaces of said first and second perimeter edges of said front and rear substrates cooperate to provide a curved transition between said first surface of said front substrate and an outer surface of said mirror casing;
• a first electrical connector disposed at said fourth surface and in electrically conductive continuity with said transparent conductive coating at said second surface of said front substrate;
• a second electrical connector disposed at said fourth surface and in electrically conductive continuity with said conductive coating at said third surface of said rear substrate;
• wherein said first and second electrical connectors wrap around said rear substrate at a notched region of said rear substrate;
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• wherein said mirror casing includes a tab element that is received in the notched region of said rear substrate when said electro-optic reflective element assembly is disposed at said mirror casing.

An interior rearview mirror assembly for a vehicle, said interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:

• a mounting structure configured for mounting at an interior portion of a vehicle equipped with said interior rearview mirror assembly;
• a mirror casing adjustably disposed relative to said mounting structure;
• an electro-optic reflective element disposed at said mirror casing and comprising a front substrate and a rear substrate and an electro-optic medium sandwiched therebetween and bounded by a perimeter seal;
• wherein said front substrate has a first surface and a second surface and a first perimeter edge spanning between said first and second surfaces, said first surface being closer to a driver of the equipped vehicle when said mounting structure of said interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted at the interior portion of the equipped vehicle that is being driven by the driver;
• wherein said second surface of said front substrate has a transparent conductive coating established thereat;
• wherein said rear substrate has a third surface and a fourth surface and a second perimeter edge spanning between said third and fourth surfaces, said third surface being closer to said front substrate;
• wherein said third surface of said rear substrate has a conductive coating established thereat;
• wherein said fourth surface of said rear substrate is adhesively attached at at least a portion of an attachment element of said mirror casing;
• wherein said first and second perimeter edges are exposed and outside of said mirror casing when said fourth surface of said rear substrate is attached at said attachment element of said mirror casing;
• wherein said first and second perimeter edges comprise rounded perimeter surfaces;
• wherein, with said electro-optic reflective element disposed at said mirror casing, said rounded perimeter surfaces of said first and second perimeter edges of said front and rear substrates provide a curved transition between said first surface of said front substrate and an outer surface of said mirror casing;
• a first electrical connector disposed at said fourth surface and in electrically conductive continuity with said transparent conductive coating at said second surface of said front substrate;
• a second electrical connector disposed at said fourth surface and in electrically conductive continuity with said conductive coating at said third surface of said rear substrate;
• wherein said first and second electrical connectors wrap around said rear substrate at a notched region of said rear substrate;
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• wherein said mirror casing includes a tab element that engages and fills the notched region of said rear substrate when said electro-optic reflective element is disposed at said mirror casing.