ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,381, issued on March 4, was assigned to MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA INC. (Holland, Mich.).
"Frameless interior rearview mirror assembly" was invented by Darryl P. De Wind (West Olive, Mich.), Donald S. Rawlings (Caledonia, Mich.) and John T. Uken (Jenison, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular frameless interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mounting portion. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element and a mirror casing. The mirror reflective element includes a glass substrate having a planar front side and a planar rear side. No portion of the mirror casing overlaps the planar front side of...