| CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [G03B 17/561 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
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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 three retaining elements mounted on the baseplate,
the sensor being accommodated within a sensor housing which may be inserted in the bracket,
the sensor housing comprising at least three mounting stubs projecting from the sensor housing by means of which the sensor housing may be retained in the bracket in a removable manner by retaining each of the mounting stubs in a corresponding retaining element,
wherein
each retaining element is elongate, and comprises a fixed support portion at one end and is open at an other end to receive one of the mounting stubs,
each retaining element comprises a resilient limb which extends in a direction of elongation of the retaining element, the resilient limb being fixed at one end and free at an other end,
a guideway is provided in a vicinity of the open end of each retaining element, the guideway being partially defined by the resilient limb and its respective fixed support portion, and the guideway guides the respective mounting stub into the corresponding retaining element when the sensor housing is inserted into the bracket,
each resilient limb and fixed support portion together define a retaining portion,
the bracket and the sensor housing are configured such that a direction of insertion of the sensor housing into the bracket is generally in a downward direction and generally parallel to the baseplate,
whereby when the mounting stub has been inserted downwardly in the bracket and has passed along the guideway, the mounting stub is stopped and retained in the retaining portion by biasing action of the resilient limb.
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