US Patent Issued to Magna Mirrors of America on Sept. 23 for "Vehicular exterior mirror system with light module" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,712, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular exterior mirror system with light module" was invented by Gregory A. Huizen (Hudsonville, Mich.) and Keith D. Foote (Caledonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular lighted exterior rearview mirror system includes a lighted exterior rearview mirror assembly and a light module. With the mirror assembly attached at a side of a vehicle, the light module is at least in part disposed at a portion of a mirror head of the lighted exterior rearview mirror assembly that faces forward in a direction of forward travel of the vehicle....