US 11,938,869 B2
Windscreen
Tomasz Siudak, Sandomierz (PL); and Lukasz Pawelec, Sandomierz (PL)
Assigned to PILKINGTON GROUP LIMITED, Lancashire (GB)
Appl. No. 17/282,049
Filed by Pilkington Group Limited, Nr. Ormskirk (GB)
PCT Filed Oct. 2, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/052782
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/070494, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 1816070 (GB), filed on Oct. 2, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0387578 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60J 1/02 (2006.01); B60J 1/20 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60J 1/02 (2013.01); B60J 1/20 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A windscreen for a vehicle, the windscreen comprising a bracket for a sensor including a camera, the bracket being attached to the windscreen and comprising a baseplate and at least one retaining element mounted on the baseplate, wherein
the sensor is accommodated within a sensor housing which is insertable in the bracket,
the sensor housing has at least one rod-shaped member projecting from the sensor housing by way of which the sensor housing is retainable in the bracket in a removable manner,
the retaining element comprises a raised bed integrated with the baseplate, the retaining element additionally comprises a resilient opposed limb, which is joined to the raised bed at one end and is free at the other end,
the resilient opposed limb is positioned in generally opposed relationship to the raised bed, with an elongate space extending between the resilient opposed limb and the raised bed, the elongate space including one end and an other end,
the elongate space is closed at the one end by the join between the raised bed and the resilient opposed limb, and is open at the other end so that the rod-shaped member is insertable into the elongate space when the sensor housing is inserted into the bracket and is retainable in the elongate space.