Motor vehicle having a rear view device with no wing mirrors

• US 10,252,671 B2
• Filed: 03/28/2015
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Original Assignee: Daimler AG (Mercedes-Benz Group AG)
• Inventors: Hoenninger, Anton
• Primary Examiner(s): Anderson, II, James M
• Application Number:
  US15/305,065
• Publication Number:
  US 20170182943A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,473 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 1/243 located in the lateral area (e.g. doors, pillars)
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/16 Type of output information
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/21 using cameras
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 2360/77 Instrument locations other than the dashboard
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/22 Display screens
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/28 characterised by the type of the output information, e.g. video entertainment or vehicle dynamics information; characterised by the purpose of the output information, e.g. for attracting the attention of the driver
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/60 Instruments characterised by their location or relative disposition in or on vehicles arrangements of lighting devices on dashboards B60Q3/10
• CPC Class Codes: B60Q 9/00 Arrangement or adaptation of signal devices not provided for in one of main groups B60Q1/00 - B60Q7/00 , e.g. haptic signalling
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/00 Optical viewing arrangements; Real-time viewing arrangements for drivers or passengers using optical image capturing systems, e.g. cameras or video systems specially adapted for use in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/26 to the rear of the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0217 for loud-speakers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1223 with sensors or transducers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1261 with antennae
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2001/1276 with radio receivers, loud-speakers or buzzers
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0021 Doors
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/802 for monitoring and displaying vehicle exterior blind spot views
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8046 for replacing a rear-view mirror system
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8053 for bad weather conditions or night vision
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2300/8066 for monitoring rearward traffic

Abstract

A motor vehicle having a rear view device with no wing mirrors is disclosed. The rear view device includes at least one camera, by which at least one part of a rear space/traffic situation can be recorded, and at least one screen, on which the image section recorded by the at least one camera can be displayed. The at least one screen is arranged on a console of a side door protruding towards the vehicle interior, where this console engages at least partially with a recess of the dashboard when the side door is closed.

Claims

1. A motor vehicle, comprising:

a rear view device with no wing mirror which includes a camera and which includes a screen, wherein an image section recorded by the camera is displayable on the screen and wherein the screen is disposed on a console of a side door;

wherein the console is disposed on an inner side of the side door, protrudes towards an interior of the motor vehicle, engages at least partially with a recess of a dashboard when the side door is closed and does not engage with the recess of the dashboard when the side door is open;

wherein the console has a ventilation duct which is communicatively connected to a ventilation rosette of the dashboard when the side door is closed such that the ventilation duct ventilates a side window and/or cools the screen and wherein the ventilation duct is not communicatively connected to the ventilation rosette of the dashboard when the side door is open.

2. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a seal, wherein the seal is disposed at an entrance of the ventilation duct, wherein the seal tightly connects the ventilation duct to the ventilation rosette when the side door is closed, and wherein the seal does not connect the ventilation duct to the ventilation rosette when the side door is open.

3. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation duct runs behind the screen.

4. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising a loudspeaker which is integrated into the console.

5. The motor vehicle according to claim 4, wherein the loudspeaker is directed towards a windscreen.

6. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a cantilever is disposed on an outer side of the side door and wherein the cantilever supports the camera.

7. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, further comprising at least one component which is disposed in the console.

8. The motor vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the at least one component is an antenna or a sensor.

9. The motor vehicle according to claim 1, wherein, when the side door is closed, the console is disposed above a side ventilation nozzle on the dashboard.

10. The motor vehicle according to claim 4, further comprising a seal, wherein the seal is disposed at an entrance of the ventilation duct and wherein the seal tightly connects the ventilation duct to the ventilation rosette when the side door is closed, and wherein the console, the screen, the ventilation duct, the seal, and the loudspeaker is formed as a prefabricated or prefabricatable assembly.