US Patent Issued to GENTEX on July 14 for "Windshield mount" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,272, issued on July 14, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Windshield mount" was invented by Andreas Kraus (Bad Friedrichshall, Germany) and Alexander K. Stapf (Neckarsulm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A windshield mount for a rearview mirror assembly includes a supporting ring that defines an outer supporting perimeter and an inner supporting perimeter. The inner supporting perimeter defines an aperture. A button defines an outer button perimeter and the button is located in the aperture. A space is defined between the inner supporting perimeter and the outer button perimeter. An adhesive is within the space t...