Sealed device for a camera
First Claim
1. Device with a carrier element, on which a camera unit is assembled which serves for the image acquisition of the outer area of a vehicle, andwith at least a drive mechanism for the camera unit which serves for moving the camera back and forth between a rest position and an image acquisition position,wherein the drive mechanism is assembled at the carrier element in order to keep the camera unit movable, anda sealing element including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is fixedly connected to the carrier element and the second end is fixedly connected to the camera unit and wherein the sealing element is configured to seal a gap between the camera unit and an opening at a front side of the carrier element,wherein the gap extends between the rest position and acquisition position;
- wherein the carrier element comprises the opening at the front side, through which at least in the image acquisition position images are recordable for the camera unit and with at least a gap at the front side between the opening at the front side in the carrier element and the camera unit in order to transfer the camera unit into the image acquisition position,whereinthe gap at the front side is closable through the sealing element.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device (10) with a carrier element (11) on which a camera unit (12), which serves for acquiring images in the exterior region of a motor vehicle, is arranged, and with at least one drive mechanism (14) for the camera unit (12), said drive mechanism serving to move the camera unit (12) to and fro between an inoperative position (1a) and an image acquisition position (Ib), wherein the drive mechanism (14) is arranged on the carrier element (11) in order to hold the camera unit (12) movably, and wherein the carrier element (11) has an opening (11.1) on the front side, through which images can be acquired at least in the image acquisition position (Ib) for the camera unit (12), and with at least one gap (11.2) on the front side between the opening (11.1) on the front side in the carrier element (11) and the camera unit (12) in order to be able to transfer the camera unit (12) into the image acquisition position (Ib). The invention is likewise directed towards a method for actuating the device according to the invention.
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1. Device with a carrier element, on which a camera unit is assembled which serves for the image acquisition of the outer area of a vehicle, and
with at least a drive mechanism for the camera unit which serves for moving the camera back and forth between a rest position and an image acquisition position, wherein the drive mechanism is assembled at the carrier element in order to keep the camera unit movable, and a sealing element including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is fixedly connected to the carrier element and the second end is fixedly connected to the camera unit and wherein the sealing element is configured to seal a gap between the camera unit and an opening at a front side of the carrier element, wherein the gap extends between the rest position and acquisition position; -
wherein the carrier element comprises the opening at the front side, through which at least in the image acquisition position images are recordable for the camera unit and with at least a gap at the front side between the opening at the front side in the carrier element and the camera unit in order to transfer the camera unit into the image acquisition position, wherein the gap at the front side is closable through the sealing element. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. Method for the actuation of a device with a carrier element at which a camera unit is assembled which serves for the image acquisition of the outer area of a vehicle,
and with at least one drive mechanism for the camera unit which serves for moving the camera unit back and forth between a rest position and an image acquisition position, wherein the drive mechanism is assembled at the carrier element in order to keep the camera unit movable, and wherein the carrier element comprises an opening at the front side with a gap at the front side through which at least in the image acquisition position images are recordable for the camera unit and with at least a gap at the front side between the opening at the front side in the carrier element and the camera unit in order to transfer the camera unit into the image acquisition position, wherein the gap extends between the rest position and the acquisition position; - and
a sealing element including a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is fixedly connected to the carrier element and the second end is fixedly connected to the camera unit and wherein the sealing element is configured to seal the gap between the camera unit and the opening at a front side of the carrier element; wherein the camera unit is moved back and forth between the rest position and the image acquisition position.
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Specification
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Current AssigneeHuf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
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Original AssigneeHuf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
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InventorsBuschmann, Gerd, Schtz, Heiko
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Primary Examiner(s)Tissire, Abdelaaziz
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Application NumberUS14/434,213Publication NumberTime in Patent Office1,125 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current1/1CPC Class CodesB60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operati...B60R 2011/004 outside the vehicleH04N 23/00 Cameras or camera modules c...H04N 23/50 Constructional detailsH04N 23/51 Housings
