US 12,459,433 B2
Compact windshield attachment system
Ulrich A. Kuester, Spring Lake, MI (US); and Bradley L. Busscher, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Assigned to GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US)
Filed by GENTEX CORPORATION, Zeeland, MI (US)
Filed on Aug. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/893,756.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,901, filed on Aug. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122749 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 1/04 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2021.01)
CPC B60R 1/04 (2013.01) [G02B 7/182 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mounting apparatus for attaching a rearview assembly to a windshield, comprising:
a wedge defining a pair of first surfaces and a pair of second surfaces, the first surfaces facing respective ones of the second surfaces and including wedge ramp portions extending toward the second surfaces and flat portions adjacent the wedge ramp portions;
a mount configured to support the rearview assembly, the mount in contact with the wedge on at least the second surfaces; and
a spring comprising at least two legs with bent surfaces and configured to deflect outward from one another upon installation and having a lobe at the end of each leg, each lobe having at least one lobe ramp portion engaging with respective ones of the wedge ramp portions during installation, the spring configured to secure the mount to the wedge by engaging the flat portions of the first surfaces;
wherein the wedge is configured to support the spring.