US Patent Issued to GENTEX on Dec. 30 for "Rearview assembly for a vehicle having a reflector transmissive to infrared light and incorporating silicon" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,780, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Rearview assembly for a vehicle having a reflector transmissive to infrared light and incorporating silicon" was invented by Henry A. Luten (Zeeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rearview assembly for a vehicle is provided including a mirror element. The mirror element includes a substrate having a front surface and a rear surface and a transflective coating associated with one of the front surface and the rear surface of the substrate. The transflective coating including a first layer having a high refractive index, a second layer having a low refracti...