US 12,358,438 B2
Holding device for a motor vehicle sensor system and motor vehicle comprising a holding device
Alexander Tietje, Wesendorf (DE)
Assigned to Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg (DE)
Filed on Oct. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/485,705.
Claims priority of application No. 102022210830.2 (DE), filed on Oct. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0123915 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 19/48 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 19/483 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0087 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holding device for a motor vehicle sensor system, comprising:
a frame coupled to a structural element of a motor vehicle and a sensor holder;
a first pivoting bracket mounted at a first side of the frame so as to be pivotable about a first pivot axis;
a second pivoting bracket mounted at a second side of the frame, opposite the first side so as to be pivotable about a second pivot axis, wherein a first guide element of the first pivoting bracket is configured in at least one first guiding receptacle of the sensor holder, and a second guide element of the second pivoting bracket is configured in at least one second guiding receptacle of the sensor holder; and
a pre-tensioning mechanism, configured to pre-tension the first pivoting bracket and the second pivoting bracket into a usage position, wherein the pre-tension is configured to be overcome by applying a predetermined force onto the sensor holder so that the sensor holder can be lowered along a movement direction in the direction of the frame, wherein a first distance between the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis is smaller than a second distance between the at least one guiding receptacle and the at least one second guiding receptacle.