ON-VEHICLE CAMERA MOUNTING STRUCTURE

• US 20160257265A1
• Filed: 03/03/2016
• Published: 09/08/2016
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 9,802,550 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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; and

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

2. The on-vehicle camera mounting structure according to claim 1 wherein the bracket includes

a first wall part extending in a direction orthogonal to the window, and

a second wall part that is provided in an end part of the first wall part on a vehicle-interior side, extends along the window, and is positioned on the vehicle-interior side of the on-vehicle camera, and

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

3. 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.