ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,885, issued on April 7, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Rearview assembly" was invented by Eric S. Lundy (Holland, Mich.) and Joshua D. Lintz (Allendale, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rearview assembly having a transflective element, a carrier plate, and an imager. The transflective element may have a first side and a second side in a first direction relative the first side. The carrier plate has a third side and a fourth side. The third side is adhered to the second side and extends substantially there along. The carrier plate may also have a cavity extending from the third side in the first direction. The c...