US Patent Issued to GENTEX on April 14 for "Full display mirror assembly with through bezel infrared illumination" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,300, issued on April 14, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Full display mirror assembly with through bezel infrared illumination" was invented by Danny L. Minikey Jr. (Fenwick, Mich.), Steven J. Veenman (Hudsonville, Mich.), Eric S. Sloterbeek (Hudsonville, Mich.), Nigel T. Lock (Holland, Mich.), Michael G. Hendricks (Wyoming, Mich.) and Eric S. Lundy (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mirror assembly for a vehicle includes a housing and a partially reflective, partially transmissive element is located in the housing. A bezel assembly includes at least one localized region that is substantially opaqu...