Patent ID: 8550675

Claim:
A vehicular mirror assembly comprising: an electrochromic mirror element comprising; a first glass sheet; a second glass sheet; and an electrochromic layer between said first glass sheet and said second glass sheet; a light source; an optical input adjacent to said light source; a cover bezel conformed to a shape of said electrochromic mirror element, wherein a portion of said cover bezel is a top cover along said electrochromic mirror element; wherein said cover bezel defines a channel; said cover bezel comprising: an optical light pipe extending about a perimeter of said electrochromic mirror element for illuminating a periphery of the electrochromic mirror element; wherein said optical light pipe extends along said channel of said cover bezel, such that said optical light pipe is forward of said first glass sheet and light emitted from said light source propagates through said optical input and said light pipe, and said emitted light is viewable without propagating through said cover bezel.