DEVICE FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE, COMPRISING A ROTATABLY MOUNTED CAMERA UNIT
First Claim
1. A device for a motor vehicle, a rotatably mounted camera unit, which can be guided into a resting position and into an active position by a motor, and a protective element which can be guided into a closed position and into an open position by rotating about a first axle, whereby in the closed position the camera unit is in its resting position, in which it is inaccessible from an outside and is protected behind the protective element, and in the open position of the protective element the camera unit can be moved into the active position for recording images,wherein the camera unit is movable out of the resting position into the active position about a second axle arranged at a distance from the first axle;
- the protective element is connected by a pivot arm to the first axle; and
the motor drives a mechanism on the vehicle which is mechanically connected to the protective element as well as to the camera unit, such that the mechanism is designed so that in an operating state the camera is uncoupled from the mechanism and a movement of the protective element from the closed position into the open position can be performed, while the camera unit remains in the resting position.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for a motor vehicle, comprising a rotatably mount ed camera unit (10) which can be brought into an inactive position and into an active position by means of a motor, and a protective element (20) that can be rotatably guided about a first axis (21) into a closed position and into an open position, the camera unit (10), in the closed position, being in its inactive position behind the protective element (20) and inaccessible from the exterior, and, in the open position of the protective element (20), the camera unit (10) assuming the active position for recording images. The invention is characterized in that the camera unit (10) can be displaced from the inactive position into the active position about a second axis (11), arranged at a distance to the first axis (21), the protective element (20) is connected to the first axis (21) via a swivel arm (22), and the motor drives a mechanism (30), mounted on the motor vehicle, which is mechanically connected both to the protective element (20) and to the camera unit (10). The mechanism (30) is configured in such a manner that the camera unit (10) is decoupled from the mechanism when it is in the operating state and that the protective element (20) can be displaced from the closed position to the open position, the camera unit (10) remaining in the inactive position.
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1. A device for a motor vehicle, a rotatably mounted camera unit, which can be guided into a resting position and into an active position by a motor, and a protective element which can be guided into a closed position and into an open position by rotating about a first axle, whereby in the closed position the camera unit is in its resting position, in which it is inaccessible from an outside and is protected behind the protective element, and in the open position of the protective element the camera unit can be moved into the active position for recording images,
wherein the camera unit is movable out of the resting position into the active position about a second axle arranged at a distance from the first axle; - the protective element is connected by a pivot arm to the first axle; and
the motor drives a mechanism on the vehicle which is mechanically connected to the protective element as well as to the camera unit, such that the mechanism is designed so that in an operating state the camera is uncoupled from the mechanism and a movement of the protective element from the closed position into the open position can be performed, while the camera unit remains in the resting position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- the protective element is connected by a pivot arm to the first axle; and
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