A rearview assembly comprising a rearview element, a rearview element
support assembly supporting the rearview element and a mount adjacent the
housing. The mount is configured to connect the rearview assembly to a
windshield. At least one of the rearview element support assembly and the
mount comprises a crush bracket having at least two legs adapted to be
compressed as a force strikes a front of the rearview element. The crush
bracket can include at least one tab contacting a heat emitting component
and/or an electrically conductive component of a circuit to provide a
heat sink for the heat emitting component or a ground for the
electrically conductive component, respectively.