IP Library Granted Patent US 12,194,929
Granted Patent B2
US 12,194,929 · App. 18/016,967 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Imaging device for mounting device

Inventors: Daisuke Mori (Yokosuka, JP); Takahiro Saito (Yokosuka, JP)
Assignee: NIFCO INC.
B60R11/04B60R2011/0026G03B11/04
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Patent No.
US 12,194,929
App. No.
18/016,967
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging device for a mounting device includes a bracket supporting a camera unit having a light receiving unit, and configured to be mounted on an attachment subject, and a hood having a surface expanding in a direction away from the light receiving unit in front of the light receiving unit, and mounted on the bracket so that the surface faces the attachment subject, wherein the hood can be removed from the bracket along the attachment subject while the camera unit is being supported by the bracket.

Claims (24)

1. A mounting device for an imaging device including a camera unit and a light receiving unit, comprising:

a bracket supporting the camera unit and the light receiving unit, and configured to be mounted on an attachment subject; and

a hood having a surface expanding in a direction away from the light receiving unit in front of the light receiving unit, and mounted on the bracket so that the surface faces the attachment subject,

wherein the hood is attached to or removed from the bracket by sliding the hood along a surface of the attachment subject while the camera unit is being supported by the bracket.

2. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the hood, while the camera unit is mounted on the bracket, is mounted on the bracket along a direction opposite a direction in which the hood is removed from the bracket.

3. The mounting device according to claim 2 , wherein the hood further comprises:

a hood body having a shape expanding in a direction away from the light receiving unit in front of the light receiving unit;

a first engaging part protruding from the hood body to have a shape so as to extend along a direction in which the hood is mounted, and locking the hood body to the bracket by engaging with the bracket; and

a second engaging part extending in a direction intersecting the first engaging part, positioned behind the first engaging part in a direction in which the hood is mounted, and locking the hood body to the bracket by engaging with the bracket.

4. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the hood further comprises:

a hood body having a shape expanding in a direction away from the light receiving unit in front of the light receiving unit; and

an engaging part protruding from the hood body and having a shape so as to extend along a direction in which the hood is removed, and locking the hood body to the bracket by engaging with the bracket.

5. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the bracket supports part of the camera unit on a side opposite the attachment subject with respect to the hood.

6. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the bracket is configured to guide the engaging part along the expanding surface of the hood, and

the bracket comprises

at least one engaging leg extending along a first direction of the bracket and aligned in a second direction of the bracket, which is orthogonal to the first direction of the bracket, with a gap therebetween and

at least one engaging hole through which the at least one engaging leg passes.

7. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the hood further comprises a second engaging part extending along a second direction that intersects the first direction, and when the hood is mounted on the bracket in the first direction, the second engaging part is positioned behind the first engaging part in the first direction.

8. The mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein

the hood comprises

a hood body, and

a first engaging part projecting from the hood body and extending along a first direction in which the hood is mounted on and removed from the bracket, the first direction being orthogonal to the direction in which the surface extends, the first engaging part being configured to releasably engage with the bracket through which the hood body engages with the bracket.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2023
From: MORI, DAISUKE; SAITO, TAKAHIRO
To: NIFCO INC.
Reel/Frame 062453/0737 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-125494 · Jul 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230280636A1 · Sep 7, 2023
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