ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,048, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Connection system for heater and electro-optic assembly" was invented by David J. Cammenga (Holland, Mich.), James P. Dratz (Zeeland, Mich.), Brandon W. Watt (Byron Center, Mich.), Taylor A. Warczinsky (Wyoming, Mich.) and Craig Kendall (Grand Haven, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mirror assembly includes an electro-optic assembly that has a front element substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The electro-optic assembly further has a second element substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite th...