ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS CENTER FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE

• US 20180345865A1
• Filed: 05/31/2017
• Published: 12/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Maxwell, Kurt Hugh
• Application Number:
  US15/609,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20180345865A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60J 1/20 Accessories, e.g. wind deflectors, blinds antiglare provisions B60J3/00; wind deflectors associated with roof openings B60J7/22; removable external protective coverings for windows or windscreens B60J11/08 ; aerodynamical spoiler for vehicles B62D35/00; heating arrangements specially adapted for transparent or reflecting areas H05B3/84
• CPC Class Codes: B60L 1/006 to power outlets
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/04 mounted inside vehicle B60R1/025, B60R1/08 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/12 Mirror assemblies combined with other articles, e.g. clocks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/023 for transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 1/026 using electrical means

Abstract

An electronic systems center includes a housing, having a base and a cover, an image processing module held in the housing and an imaging port in the housing where that imaging port includes an integral glare shield. The electronic systems center may also include one or more of a USB charger, an EWAFS module, a rain sensor, a rearview mirror, a rearview mirror tether and windshield heater terminals.

Claims

1. An electronic systems center, comprising:

a housing including a base and a cover;

an image processing module held in said housing;

an imaging port in said housing; and

an electronic windshield anti-fogging system (EWAFS) module held in said housing.

2. The electronic systems center of claim 1, wherein said imaging port includes diverging sidewalls.

3. The electronic systems center of claim 1, further including a USB charger held in said housing.

4. The electronic systems center of claim 1, further including a rearview mirror tether.

5. The electronic systems center of claim 1, further including a rain sensor held in said housing.

6. The electronic systems center of claim 1, further including a rearview mirror carried on said housing.

7. The electronic systems center of claim 1, further including windshield heater terminals carried on said housing.

8. The electronic systems center of claim 1, further including a rearview mirror and a rearview mirror tether carried on said base.

9. The electronic systems center of claim 8, wherein said base includes an integral retainer holding said image processing module.

10. The electronic systems center of claim 1, further including at least one device selected from a group consisting of a USB charger, a rain sensor, a rearview mirror, a rearview mirror tether, windshield heater terminals and combinations thereof, carried on said housing.

11. The electronic systems center of claim 10, further including a fastener securing said housing to a motor vehicle windshield.

12-19. -19. (canceled)