IP Library Granted Patent US 11,148,612
Granted Patent B2
US 11,148,612 · App. 16/739,537 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Camera fitting structure

Inventors: Hideaki Ueta (Nisshin, JP); Takeshi Iwai (Nisshin, JP); Takahiro Miyado (Toyota, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
B60R11/04G03B17/561B60R2011/0026
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Patent No.
US 11,148,612
App. No.
16/739,537
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera fitting structure that includes: a camera that includes an anchored portion and that detects peripheral information related to peripheral of a vehicle; and a bracket that is attached to a vehicle upper side of an inner face of a front windshield, and that includes an anchor portion to which the anchored portion is anchored by sliding the camera from a vehicle width direction first side toward a vehicle width direction second side.

Claims (9)

1. A camera fitting structure comprising:

a camera that includes an anchored portion and that detects peripheral information related to peripheral of a vehicle; and

a bracket that is attached to a vehicle upper side of an inner face of a front windshield, and that includes an anchor portion to which the anchored portion is anchored by sliding the camera from a vehicle width direction first side toward a vehicle width direction second side.

2. The camera fitting structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

an angle-of-view hood member that is provided at the bracket and that is disposed at a vehicle front and lower side of a lens of the camera; and

a locking mechanism that is provided at the angle-of-view hood member and that locks such that the anchored portion does not separate from the anchor portion.

3. The camera fitting structure of claim 2 , wherein the locking mechanism includes a biasing member that biases the camera toward the vehicle width direction second side and a vehicle lower side.

4. The camera fitting structure of claim 3 , wherein the biasing member is a plate spring.

5. The camera fitting structure of claim 1 , wherein the bracket includes a projecting tab that is inserted into a guide portion of the angle-of-view hood member from a vehicle front side.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2020
From: UETA, HIDEAKI; IWAI, TAKESHI; MIYADO, TAKAHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-024799 · Feb 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200262361A1 · Aug 20, 2020
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