Camera Device

• US 20160347258A1
• Filed: 02/11/2015
• Published: 12/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Buss, Wolfgang
• Granted Patent: US 10,343,619 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 2011/0094 characterised by means for covering after user, e.g. boxes, shutters or the like
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings

Abstract

The invention relates to a camera device (10), particularly as a parking assistance apparatus for a motor vehicle with

• a drive (50) which is in an operative connection via gear means with a camera (4) which is moveable between a retracted position (1) and a deployed position (2),
• a carriage (11) which embraces the camera (4) and is moveable together with the camera (4), wherein
• the gear means are configured in such a way that via a manual actuation from the outside (5) the camera (4) is moveable in a further additional position (3) going beyond the retracted position (1).

Claims

1. Camera device with a drive which is in an operative connection via gear means with a camera which is moveable between a retracted position and a deployed position,

a carriage which embraces the camera and is moveable together with the camera, wherein

the gear means are configured in such a way that via a manual actuation from the outside the camera is moveable in a further additional position going beyond the retracted position.

2. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the distance of the camera between the additional position and the deployed position is greater than the distance of the camera between the retracted position and the deployed position.

3. Camera device according to claim 1, wherein

the carriage is configured at least from two parts.

4. Camera device according claim 1,

wherein

by a movement of the camera from the retracted position in the direction of the additional position a signal is triggerable.

5. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the camera serves as a switch.

6. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the carriage comprises an opening through which an electric wire proceeds to the camera.

7. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

a housing is provided within which the carriage is moveably mounted.

8. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the housing comprises a recess through which the wire proceeds, wherein the recess is configured in a way that a relative movement of the wire is enabled within the recess.

9. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the housing is at lest configured from two parts.

10. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the housing comprises an acceptance in which at least one gear means is moveably accepted.

11. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

an actuator is in operative connection with the drive as a gear means, wherein the actuator is connected to the carriage.

12. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the drive comprises a drive element which acts on the actuator.

13. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the actuator is pivotably mounted about an axis.

14. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the drive element comprises a cam which moves during a movement of the camera between the retracted position and the deployed position within the guide rail.

15. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the guide rail comprises a first area within which the moving drive element moves between the retracted position and the deployed position during the movement of the camera and comprises a second area, within which the stationary drive element moves between the retracted position and the additional position during the movement of the camera.

16. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

a spring element acts at the carriage which spring force is oriented oppositely to the movement in the direction of the additional position.

17. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the spring element is assembled within a chamber of the housing.

18. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the chamber comprises an opening through which the protrusion extends during a movement of the camera in the direction of the additional position.

19. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the actuator is connected with the carriage via a fastening element.

20. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

a switch is assembled at the housing which at least partially extends in the travel of the carriage, wherein the carriage comprises a releasing element which triggers the switch during the movement of the camera in the direction of the additional position.

21. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the housing is stationary within which the carriage is moveable.

22. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

a moveable lid covers the camera in the retracted position and in the deployed position the lid is in an open position by which the camera comprises a free sight towards the outside.

23. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

the lid comprises at least one pressure element at the inside which acts on the camera during a manual actuation from the outside.

24. Camera device according to claim 1,

wherein

a crash lock is intended which acts on the carriage during a possible accident, whereby it is prevented that the carriage moves from the retracted position into the additional position.

25. Camera device according to claim 3,

wherein

the carriage is configured by a first and a second carriage part.

26. Camera device according to claim 4,

wherein

a vehicle specific function is triggerable.

27. Camera device according to claim 6,

wherein

the extension of the wire within the opening is oriented mainly perpendicularly to the movement direction of the carriage.

28. Camera device according to claim 7,

wherein

the housing comprises at least one guidance element at which the carriage is guided during the movement between the positions.

29. Camera device according to claim 9,

wherein

a frontal housing part and a rear housing part configure the housing, wherein the frontal housing part is facing the deployed position and the rear housing part is facing the additional position.

30. Camera device according to claim 11,

wherein

the actuator is connected with the second carriage part.

31. Camera device according to claim 12,

wherein

the drive element is pivotably mounted about an axis and engages in a guide rail of the actuator.

32. Camera device according to claim 13,

wherein

the actuator is in the acceptance of the housing.

33. Camera device according to claim 17,

wherein

the carriage comprises a protrusion which contacts the spring element.

34. Camera device according to claim 19,

wherein

the fastening element is moveable within the equalizing contour of the actuator.

35. Camera device according to claim 23,

wherein

the lid comprises at least one pressure element at the inside which acts on the carriage during a manual actuation from the outside.