Rearview assembly having an integral crush zone

Details Rearview assembly having an integral crush zone Rearview assembly having an integral crush zone

2007-03-27

2007-03-27

Mai, Huy (Department: 2873)

Optical: systems and elements

Optical modulator

Light wave temporal modulation

Reexamination Certificate

active

10985857

ABSTRACT:
A rearview assembly comprising a rearview element, a rearview element support assembly supporting the rearview element and a mount adjacent the housing. The mount is configured to connect the rearview assembly to a windshield. At least one of the rearview element support assembly and the mount comprises a crush bracket having at least two legs adapted to be compressed as a force strikes a front of the rearview element. The crush bracket can include at least one tab contacting a heat emitting component and/or an electrically conductive component of a circuit to provide a heat sink for the heat emitting component or a ground for the electrically conductive component, respectively.

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