US 12,403,845 B2
Light deflecting air vents for light trap
Gustav Alm, Vårgårda (SE); and Erik Rosenlund, Vårgårda (SE)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Auto Ltd., (GB)
Appl. No. 18/550,768
Filed by QUALCOMM AUTO LTD., Cambridge (GB)
PCT Filed May 19, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/063654
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/243483, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 24, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 21175348 (EP), filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0157891 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light-trap arrangement that comprises:
a lens opening adapted to receive a camera lens assembly; and
a rim border that is adapted to abut a vehicle windshield and has a width that extends between an outside edge and an inside edge, wherein the rim border at least partially defines an area inside the inside edge and comprises a plurality of channels that fluidly connect the outside edge and the inside edge, wherein each channel of the first plurality of channels comprises inner walls, wherein a first channel of the plurality of channels forms a first shape extending in a first direction from the outside edge to the inside edge and a second channel of the plurality of channels forms a second shape extending in a second direction from the outside edge to the inside edge, wherein the first shape is different than the second shape, and wherein the first direction is different than the second direction.