Gentex Corporation
Full display mirror actuator with linkage arm

Abstract:

A rearview mirror for a vehicle includes a housing defining an interior cavity and an open side. A substrate is rigidly coupled within the open side of the housing and has a reflective surface thereon. The rearview mirror further includes an actuation mechanism having a mounting plate rotatably coupled within the cavity of the housing at a first end of the mounting plate. A motor is rigidly coupled within the interior cavity of the housing adjacent a second end of the mounting plate. The motor has a first wheel coupled with an output shaft thereof, and the first wheel includes a pin coupled therewith that extends outwardly from the pin at a location offset from the output shaft of the motor. A first linkage arm is rotatably coupled between the pin of the first wheel and the second end of the mounting plate.