US 11,772,574 B2
Vehicle comprising a driver cab and a monitoring device for monitoring a front dead angle area and monitoring device for such vehicle
Nicolas Berne, Heyrieux (FR); and Kevin Bufalo, Beynost (FR)
Assigned to Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Appl. No. 17/50,707
Filed by Volvo Truck Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
PCT Filed May 3, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/061396
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/210963, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0237662 A1, Aug. 5, 2021
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); E05F 15/63 (2015.01); B62D 33/06 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B62D 33/06 (2013.01); E05F 15/63 (2015.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/434 (2013.01); E05Y 2201/454 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/516 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle comprising a driver cab and a monitoring device for monitoring a front dead angle area in front of the driver cab, the driver cab presenting a front surface, the monitoring device comprising:
a front camera having a field of view; and
an arm movably mounted to the driver cab between a retracted position, in which the arm extends along the front surface, and an active position in which the arm is spaced apart from the front surface,
wherein the front camera is mounted on the arm so that the field of view images the front dead angle area when the arm is in the active position,
wherein the monitoring device further comprises a connecting rod presenting a support position in which the connecting rod extends between the front surface of the driver cab and the arm to maintain the arm in the active position, and a released position in which the connecting rod allows the arm to move with respect to the front surface of the driver cab, and
the arm and the front surface of the driver cab have respective attaching elements, and the connecting rod has first and second ends attached to the attaching elements in the support position, at least one of the first and second ends and the attaching elements being configured to enable one of the first and second ends to be released from the attaching element.