Covering an equipment module whose wall is provided with a rear vision camera

• US 7,380,851 B2
• Filed: 09/07/2004
• Issued: 06/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage (Valeo SE)
• Original Assignee: Valeo Systemes D'Essuyage (Valeo SE)
• Inventors: Guernalec, Stevan
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Kiran B.
• Application Number:
  US10/571,362
• Publication Number:
  US 20070013207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,365 Days
• Field of Search: 296/1.08, 296/56, 428/31
• US Class Current: 296/1.08
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 13/04 External Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices thereon fastening strips or bars to sheets or plates by means of clips F16B5/12

Abstract

The invention relates to a covering (18) for the equipment module (16) of a motor vehicle (10) which is longitudinally projected backward with respect to the transversal vertical rear panel (12) of the vehicle (10) and comprises a first wall (28) generally horizontally extending backward from the rear panel (12), a second transversal wall (30) which is arranged above the first wall (28) and inclined thereto. Said inventive covering is characterised in that it comprises a third intermediate wall (38) forming a chamfer which is vertically mounted between the first (28) and second (30) walls and is inclined thereto.

Claims

1. Trim for an equipment module of a motor vehicle, the trim type projecting longitudinally rearwards relative to a rear transverse vertical panel of the vehicle, comprising:

a bottom first wall that extends substantially horizontally rearwards from the rear panel;

a top second wall that substantially forms a transverse strip, that is arranged above the first wall, and that is inclined relative to the first wall so that a top transverse edge of the second wall is situated in front of a bottom transverse edge of the second wall;

at least an intermediate third wall that forms a bevel and that is inclined relative to the first wall and relative to the second wall,

wherein the intermediate third wall faces substantially rearwards and downwards so that its top transverse edge is arranged behind its bottom transverse edge, and

wherein the intermediate third wall is provided with an opening which is closed off by a transparent element and which is arranged on an optical axis of a camera of the equipment module.

2. The trim according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate third wall is substantially perpendicular to the optical axis of the camera.

3. The trim according to claim 2, wherein the opening is arranged transversely substantially in the middle of the intermediate third wall.

4. The trim according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate third wall is provided with at least a second opening which is closed off by an element that is permeable to the waves that is at least one of transmitted and received by a another component associated with the equipment module.

5. The trim according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the second wall and the intermediate third wall is substantially convex.

6. The trim according to claim 1, wherein at least one section on a vertical plane of at least one of the second wall and the intermediate third wall is rectilinear.

7. The trim according to claim 1, wherein the trim comprises a fourth wall that extends horizontally rearwards from the rear vertical face of the rear transverse vertical panel to the top transverse edge of the second wall.