Tilt mechanism for display mirror

A vehicle rearview, comprising:

• a substrate having a reflective surface thereon;
• a housing coupled with the substrate;
• and
• an actuation mechanism positioned within the housing and including:
• a mounting unit;
• a support plate coupled with the substrate opposite the reflective surface and having a first end rotatably coupled with the mounting unit and a second end spaced from the first end;
• a spring abutting the mounting unit, at least partially received within a portion of the support plate, and urging the second end of the support plate away from the mounting unit;
• a latch pin slidably engaged with the support plate and with the mounting unit and moveable into a first retention position with respect to the support plate and the mounting unit that maintains the support plate in a first rotational position at a first angle with respect to the mounting unit against the force of the spring, the latch pin being further moveable into a second retention position with respect to the support plate and the mounting unit that maintains the support plate in a second rotational position at a second angle with respect to the mounting unit against the force of the spring, the second angle being less than the first angle;
• a release operably moving the latch pin out of the second retention position;
• and
• a damper operably coupled between the mounting unit and the support plate, the damper slowing movement of the support plate into the first rotational position from the second rotational position under force of the first spring.

An actuation mechanism for a vehicle mirror comprising:

• a mounting unit;
• a support plate coupleable with a rearview substrate and having a first end rotatably coupled with the mounting unit and a second end spaced from the first end;
• a first spring abutting the mounting unit, at least partially received within a portion of the support plate, and urging the second end of the support plate away from the mounting unit;
• a latch pin slidably engaged with the support plate and with the mounting unit and moveable into a first retention position with respect to the support plate and the mounting unit that maintains the support plate in a first rotational position at a first angle with respect to the mounting unit against the force of the first spring, the latch pin being further moveable into a second retention position with respect to the support plate and the mounting unit that maintains the support plate in a second rotational position at a second angle with respect to the mounting unit against the force of the first spring, the second angle being less than the first angle;
• a release button moveably coupled with the latch pin and moving the latch pin out of the second retention position on movement of the release button toward the mounting unit.