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Assembly for a vehicle

  • US 9,731,662 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2015
  • Issued: 08/15/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An assembly for a vehicle, having a carrier housing, which is disposed in an opening in an exterior paneling of the vehicle, and which has a through-hole,a drive unit, which is attached to a back surface of the carrier housing,a movably supported camera unit, which can be moved by the drive unit between at least a standby position and an active position, in which at least a lens of the camera unit protrudes out of the through-hole of the carrier housing, and is oriented such that it is tilted in relation to movement direction of the camera unit,a protective lid movably supported on the carrier housing, which can move between a closed position, in which it closes the through-hole of the carrier housing, and in which the camera unit is disposed behind the protective lid, seen from the outside, and an open position, in which it leaves the through-hole of the carrier housing open,wherein an actuating element, movably coupled to the drive unit, is provided, which forces the protective lid into its open position when the vehicle is being driven in reverse, and when the camera unit is in the active position,wherein the camera unit assumes a collision monitoring position when the vehicle is being driven forwards, in which the protective lid is disposed in its closed position and in which the camera unit is disposed at a monitoring opening formed in the protective lid, for filming the following or preceding traffic, andwherein the lens of the camera unit is oriented in the direction of movement of the camera when the camera unit is arranged in the collision monitoring position.

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