On-vehicle camera mounting structure

• US 9,802,550 B2
• Filed: 03/03/2016
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha (Toyota Motor Corporation)
• Inventors: Kageyama, Shioya, Shirai, Ryoma, Iwamatsu, Ryo
• Primary Examiner(s): MILLNER, MONICA E
• Application Number:
  US15/059,672
• Publication Number:
  US 20160257265A1
• Time in Patent Office: 607 Days
• Field of Search: 248208
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0026 Windows, e.g. windscreen

Abstract

An on-vehicle camera mounting structure includes a bracket arranged on a window, and a spring part that is arranged in the bracket and applies force in a direction towards the window onto the on-vehicle camera.

Claims

1. An on-vehicle camera mounting structure comprising:

a bracket arranged on a window;

a first spring part that is arranged in the bracket and applies force in a direction towards the window onto an on-vehicle camera; and

a second spring part,

wherein the bracket includes a first wall part extending parallel to a surface of the window, and the on-vehicle camera is provided between the window and the first wall part, and the first spring part is arranged between the on-vehicle camera and the first wall part,

wherein the bracket further includes a second wall part extending in a direction orthogonal to the window,

wherein the first wall part that is connected to an end part of the second wall part at a side that does not contact the window on a vehicle-interior side, extends along the window, and is positioned on the vehicle-interior side of the on-vehicle camera, and

wherein the second spring part is arranged between the on-vehicle camera and the second wall part.

2. The on-vehicle camera mounting structure according to claim 1, wherein

the bracket includes a confronting part that is fixed to the window on a vehicle-interior side, faces the window, and extends along the window.