CAMERA ARRANGEMENT FOR A VEHICLE

• US 20130016219A1
• Filed: 03/08/2011
• Published: 01/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Hahner, Martin, Moczygemba, Juergen, Scheurenbrand, Roland, Weikert, Guenther
• Application Number:
  US13/637,689
• Publication Number:
  US 20130016219A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/004 outside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0094 characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like

Abstract

A camera arrangement (1) for a vehicle, with at least one camera (1.1) with a protective cover (1.2), wherein the camera (1.1) can be pivoted about a pivot axis (X) between a starting position (A) and an operating position (B). According to the invention the pivot axis (X) is arranged so that the camera arrangement (1) can be pivoted exclusively outwards.

Claims

1. A camera arrangement (1) for a vehicle, comprising at least one camera (1.1) with a protective cover (1.2), wherein the camera (1.1) can be pivoted about a pivot axis (X) between a starting position (A) and an operating position (B), wherein the pivot axis (X) is arranged in such a way that the camera arrangement (1) can be pivoted exclusively outwards.

2. The camera arrangement (1) according to claim 1, wherein the pivot axis (X) is arranged on the camera (1.1).

3. The camera arrangement (1) according to claim 2, wherein the camera has a lens, and wherein the pivot axis (X) is arranged on a side of the camera lying opposite the lens (1.1.1) of the camera (1.1).

4. The camera arrangement (1) according to one of the claim 1, wherein the camera (1.1) wherein in the starting position (A) is arranged in a housing (1.3).

5. The camera arrangement (1) according to claim 4, wherein the camera (1.1) is mounted so that it can be pivoted in the housing (1.3).

6. The camera arrangement (1) according to claim 3, wherein at least one seal for sealing the protective cover (1.2) with respect to the housing (1.3) in the starting position (A) is formed on the housing (1.3) and/or the protective cover (1.2).