US 12,263,794 B2
Vehicle camera unit
Ryo Fukuhara, Tokyo (JP); Keiichiro Ito, Toyota (JP); Tomoyuki Shiono, Toyota (JP); and Taichi Uozumi, Toyota (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP); and Kojima Industries Corporation, Aichi (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP); and Kojima Industries Corporation, Aichi (JP)
Filed on May 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/324,498.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-101568 (JP), filed on Jun. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0415668 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0033 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0043 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle camera unit comprising:
a bracket configured to be fixed to a windshield;
a lens hood configured to be detached from the bracket;
a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion disposed along a direction intersecting an inclination direction of the windshield, and configured to detachably attach the lens hood to the bracket;
an imaging device attached to the lens hood; and
a cover that covers the imaging device,
wherein the vehicle camera unit overlaps a back surface projection portion of an interior mirror or a display device having a function of the interior mirror, and the interior mirror or the display device is attached to the windshield,
wherein the interior mirror or the display device is configured to detach from the windshield due to impact force applied to the interior mirror or the display device along an inclination direction of the windshield, and
wherein the first fixing portion and the second fixing portion are configured to allow the lens hood to detach from the bracket upon receiving impact force from the interior mirror or the display device detached from the windshield.