IP Library Granted Patent US 10,759,392
Granted Patent B2
US 10,759,392 · App. 15/914,467 · Granted Sep 1, 2020

Camera unit

Inventors: Ryosuke Yamamoto (Kobe, JP); Yusuke Ito (Kobe, JP); Goshi Yoshioka (Kobe, JP)
Assignee: DENSO TEN Limited
B60S1/62B08B3/02B60R11/04B60S1/52B60S1/56G02B27/0006
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Patent No.
US 10,759,392
App. No.
15/914,467
Granted
Sep 1, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera unit includes a camera, a supporting part, a nozzle, and a hose. The supporting part supports the camera on a front surface side thereof, has a back surface side fixed on a body for placement thereof, and has a through-hole that penetrates through the front and back surface sides. The nozzle has a proximal end part inserted into the through-hole from the front surface side and a distal end part that is arranged to be capable of discharging a fluid toward a lens of the camera. The hose passes through an opening of the through-hole on the back surface side and is connected to the proximal end part of the nozzle in the through-hole to supply the fluid to the nozzle. Furthermore, the supporting part has a pressing part that protrudes in a radial direction thereof in the through-hole and presses an outer circumference of the hose.

Claims (23)

1. A camera unit, comprising:

a camera;

a supporting part that supports the camera on a front surface side thereof, is provided with a back surface side that is fixed on a body for placement thereof, and has a through-hole that penetrates through the front surface side and the back surface side;

a nozzle that is provided with a proximal end part that is inserted into the through-hole from the front surface side and a distal end part that is arranged to be capable of discharging a fluid toward a lens of the camera; and

a hose that passes through an opening of the through-hole on the back surface side and is connected to the proximal end part of the nozzle in the through-hole to supply the fluid to the nozzle, wherein:

the supporting part has a pressing part that protrudes in a radial direction thereof in the through-hole and presses an outer circumference of the hose;

the pressing part presses a whole circumference of the hose;

the hose is of a cylindrical shape; and

the through-hole has the pressing part where a diameter of the opening on the back surface side is less than an outer diameter of the hose.

2. A camera unit, comprising:

a camera;

a supporting part that supports the camera on a front surface side thereof is provided with a back surface side that is fixed on a body for placement thereon, and has a through-hole that penetrates through the front surface side and the back surface side;

a nozzle that is provided with a proximal end part that is inserted into the through-hole from the front surface side and a distal end part that is arranged to be capable of discharging a fluid toward a lens of the camera; and

a hose that passes through an opening of the through-hole on the hack surface side and is connected to the proximal end part of the nozzle in the through-hole to supply the fluid to the nozzle, wherein:

the supporting part has a pressing part that protrudes in a radial direction thereof in the through-hole and presses an outer circumference of the hose;

the pressing part presses and holds the hose between it and the proximal end part of the nozzle;

the pressing part presses a whole circumference of the hose;

the hose is of a cylindrical shape; and

the through-hole has the pressing part where a diameter of the opening on the back surface side is less than an outer diameter of the hose.

3. The camera unit according to claim 1 , wherein the through-hole has a taper shape where an amount of protrusion of the pressing part increases toward the opening on the back surface side.

4. The camera unit according to claim 2 , wherein the through-hole has a taper shape where an amount of protrusion of the pressing part increases toward the opening on the back surface side.

5. The camera unit according to claim 3 , wherein the proximal end part of the nozzle has a taper shape that corresponds to the taper shape of the through-hole.

6. The camera unit according to claim 4 , wherein the proximal end part of the nozzle has a taper shape that corresponds to the taper shape of the through-hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2018
From: YAMAMOTO, RYOSUKE; ITO, YUSUKE; YOSHIOKA, GOSHI
To: DENSO TEN LIMITED
Reel/Frame 045134/0204 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-109409 · Jun 1, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180345917A1 · Dec 6, 2018