ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,148, issued on March 3, was assigned to FUYAO GLASS AMERICA INC. (Moraine, Ohio).

"Structurally-reinforced volumetric bracket for mounting rearview mirror" was invented by Mouzhi Zhang (Northville, Mich.) and Chen Cheng (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structurally-reinforced volumetric bracket for a rearview mirror, a rearview mirror assembly for a vehicular windshield, an electronics assembly for a vehicular windshield and a method of making/using a vehicular rearview mirror assembly. By forming the bracket as an irregular polyhedron-shaped plurality of faceted surfaces, a cantilever-like structure is formed...