Vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly

A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly, the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:

• a mounting structure configured to attach at an interior surface of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly;
• a mirror casing formed via a plastic injection molding process;
• an electrochromic mirror reflective element comprising a front glass substrate and a rear glass substrate spaced apart from the front glass substrate by a perimeter seal, wherein an electrochromic medium is sandwiched between the front glass substrate and the rear glass substrate and bounded by the perimeter seal;
• wherein the front glass substrate has a planar first surface and a planar second surface separated from the planar first surface by a thickness dimension of the front glass substrate, and wherein a transparent electrically conductive coating is disposed at the planar second surface and is in contact with the electrochromic medium;
• wherein the rear glass substrate has a third surface and a fourth surface separated from the third surface by a thickness dimension of the rear glass substrate, and wherein an electrically conductive coating is disposed at the third surface of the rear glass substrate and is in contact with the electrochromic medium;
• wherein the front glass substrate comprises a periphery surface extending between the planar first surface and the planar second surface and spanning the thickness dimension of the front glass substrate, the planar first surface facing a driver of the equipped vehicle when the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the equipped vehicle;
• wherein the mirror casing comprises a central mounting portion and spaced apart attachment portions that are all formed during the plastic injection molding process that forms the mirror casing;
• wherein the rear glass substrate of the electrochromic mirror reflective element is adhesively attached at the spaced apart attachment portions;
• wherein the central mounting portion includes a first pivot element, and wherein the mounting structure includes a second pivot element, and wherein the first pivot element and the second pivot element form a pivot joint;
• wherein the periphery surface of the front glass substrate comprises a curved outer surface that provides a rounded transition between the planar first surface of the front glass substrate and a less-curved outer surface of a side wall of the mirror casing;
• wherein the curved outer surface of the front glass substrate is contactable by and is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle when the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the equipped vehicle;
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• wherein no part of the mirror casing encroaches onto the planar first surface of the front glass substrate.

A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly, the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly comprising:

• a mounting structure configured to attach at an interior surface of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly;
• a mirror casing formed via a plastic injection molding process;
• a prismatic mirror reflective element comprising a glass substrate;
• wherein the glass substrate has a planar first surface and a planar second surface separated from the planar first surface by a thickness dimension of the glass substrate, and wherein the glass substrate is wedge-shaped with the planar first surface being non-parallel to the planar second surface;
• wherein the glass substrate comprises a periphery surface extending between the planar first surface and the planar second surface and spanning the thickness dimension of the glass substrate, the planar first surface facing a driver of the equipped vehicle when the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the equipped vehicle;
• wherein the mirror casing comprises a central mounting portion and spaced apart attachment portions that are all formed during the plastic injection molding process that forms the mirror casing;
• wherein the prismatic mirror reflective element is adhesively attached at the spaced apart attachment portions;
• wherein the central mounting portion includes a first pivot element, and wherein the mounting structure includes a second pivot element, and wherein the first pivot element and the second pivot element form a pivot joint;
• wherein the periphery surface of the glass substrate comprises a curved outer surface that provides a rounded transition between the planar first surface of the glass substrate and a less-curved outer surface of a side wall of the mirror casing;
• wherein the curved outer surface of the glass substrate is contactable by and is viewable by the driver of the equipped vehicle when the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly is mounted in the equipped vehicle;
• and
• wherein no part of the mirror casing encroaches onto the planar first surface of the glass substrate.