Accessory mounting system for a vehicle
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Abstract
An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle comprises a housing that is adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle. The housing houses at least two accessories, at least one of which is selected from the group consisting of a forwardly-viewing camera and a forwardly-viewing rain sensor. Another of the at least two accessories is selected from the group consisting of: a) a vehicle altitude sensor, b) a vehicle incline sensor, c) a headlamp sensor, d) a daylight sensor, e) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter, f) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) receiver, g) an antenna, h) a camera, i) a microphone, j) a compass sensor, k) a rain sensor and l) a photosensor. The at least one of the two accessories housed by the housing views through the windshield of the vehicle when the housing is mounted to the receiving structure on the windshield.
55 Citations
72 Claims
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13. An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle, said system comprising:
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a housing;
said housing adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the windshield of the vehicle;
at least two accessories housed in said housing;
one of said at least two accessories selected from the group consisting of a forwardly-viewing camera and a forwardly-viewing rain sensor;
another of said at least two accessories selected from the group consisting of;
a) a vehicle altitude sensor, b) a vehicle incline sensor, c) a headlamp sensor, d) a daylight sensor, e) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter, f) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) receiver, g) an antenna, h) a camera, i) a microphone, j) a compass sensor, k) a rain sensor and l) a photosensor; and
said at least one of said two accessories viewing through the windshield of the vehicle when said housing is mounted to said receiving structure. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle, said system comprising:
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a housing;
said housing adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the upper portion of the windshield of the vehicle;
at least two accessories housed in said housing;
one of said at least two accessories selected from the group consisting of a forwardly-viewing camera and a forwardly-viewing rain sensor;
another of said at least two accessories selected from the group consisting of;
a) a vehicle altitude sensor, b) a vehicle incline sensor, c) a headlamp sensor, d) a daylight sensor, e) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter, f) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) receiver, g) an antenna, h) a camera, i) a microphone, j) a compass sensor, k) a rain sensor and l) a photosensor;
said at least one of said two accessories viewing through the windshield of the vehicle when said housing is mounted to said receiving structure; and
wherein said housing includes biasing that urges one of said at least two accessories into contact with the interior surface of the windshield. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54)
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55. An accessory mounting system suitable for mounting a plurality of accessories at a windshield portion within the interior cabin of a vehicle, said system comprising:
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a housing;
said housing adapted for releasable mounting to a receiving structure on the interior surface of the upper portion of the windshield of the vehicle;
at least two accessories housed in said housing;
one of said at least two accessories selected from the group consisting of a forwardly-viewing camera and a forwardly-viewing rain sensor;
another of said at least two accessories selected from the group consisting of;
a) a vehicle altitude sensor, b) a vehicle incline sensor, c) a headlamp sensor, d) a daylight sensor, e) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter, f) a geographic positioning satellite (GPS) receiver, g) an antenna, h) a camera, i) a microphone, j) a compass sensor, k) a rain sensor and l) a photosensor;
said at least one of said two accessories viewing through the windshield of the vehicle when said housing is mounted to said receiving structure; and
wherein said housing further includes a cover which mates with said housing. - View Dependent Claims (56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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