US Patent Issued to GENTEX on Oct. 27 for "Dimmable glass visor for automotive" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,893, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Dimmable glass visor for automotive" was invented by Eric S. Lundy (Holland, Mich.), Danny L. Minikey Jr. (Fenwick, Mich.) and Aaron Koerth (Hudsonville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive visor includes an electrochromic element defining a planar width and height and a mounting structure coupled with the electrochromic element along a first side of a perimeter thereof and configured for rotatably mounting the automotive visor within a vehicle interior. The mounting structure includes a first frame member defining a first interior face and a first...