Rearview assembly with exposed carrier plate
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsEric S. Sloterbeek, Steven G. Hoek, William M. Vanden Bos
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Abstract
A rearview assembly for a vehicle includes a rearview device having a peripheral edge. A carrier plate is operably coupled to the rearview device. The carrier plate includes a peripheral wall with a forward edge and a rearward edge. The forward edge is substantially aligned with the peripheral edge of the rearview device. A housing includes a forward lip configured to abut the rearward edge of the peripheral wall to provide a substantially smooth exterior transition from the housing to the peripheral wall to the rearview device.
Claims20
A rearview assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a rearview device including a peripheral edge;
- a carrier plate operably coupled to the rearview device, the carrier plate including a peripheral wall with a forward edge and a rearward edge, wherein the forward edge is substantially aligned with the peripheral edge of the rearview device;
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- a housing including a forward lip configured to abut the rearward edge of the peripheral wall to provide a substantially smooth exterior transition from the housing to the peripheral wall to the rearview device.
A rearview assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a rearview device including a peripheral edge;
- a carrier plate operably coupled to the rearview device, the carrier plate including a peripheral wall with a forward edge and a rearward edge, wherein the forward edge is substantially aligned with the peripheral edge of the rearview device;
- a housing including a forward lip configured to abut the rearward edge of the peripheral wall to provide a substantially smooth exterior transition from the housing to the peripheral wall to the rearview device;
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- a plurality of buttons disposed on a bottom side of the housing proximate the peripheral wall of the carrier plate and the housing.
A rearview assembly for a vehicle comprising:
- a rearview device including a peripheral edge;
- a carrier plate operably coupled to the rearview device, the carrier plate including a peripheral wall with a forward edge and a rearward edge, wherein the forward edge is substantially aligned with the peripheral edge of the rearview device;
- a housing including a forward lip configured to abut the rearward edge of the peripheral wall to provide a substantially smooth exterior transition from the housing to the peripheral wall to the rearview device;
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- a wire harness slot disposed below a mount aperture configured to receive a mount that supports the housing in a predetermined position relative to a windshield of the vehicle, the wire harness slot being in communication with the mount aperture and configured to receive a wire harness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.