US 12,449,653 B2
Camera monitor system with self-cleaning articulating camera wing
Gabriel Lepage, Royal Oak, MI (US); Troy Cooprider, White Lake, MI (US); and Banuprakash Murthy, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS AB, Solna (SE)
Filed by Stoneridge Electronics AB, Solna (SE)
Filed on Jul. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/346,334.
Prior Publication US 2025/0013037 A1, Jan. 9, 2025
Int. Cl. G02B 27/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/28 (2022.01); B60S 1/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); G03B 17/08 (2021.01); G03B 17/55 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01)
CPC G02B 27/0006 (2013.01) [B60R 1/28 (2022.01); B60S 1/04 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); G03B 17/08 (2013.01); G03B 17/55 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera arm for a camera monitor system (CMS), comprising:
a base configured to be secured to a vehicle, the base includes a wiper;
a pivoting arm mounted on the base at a joint;
an actuator configured to articulate the pivoting arm relative to the base with the joint;
a camera assembly provided in the pivoting arm and configured to face rearward with the base secured to the vehicle; and
wherein articulation of the joint is configured to move the pivoting arm between a deployed position and a stowed position, and the articulation of the joint moves the camera assembly across the wiper in a sliding direction only as the pivoting arm moves from the stowed position to the deployed position, and continued articulation of the joint rotates the pivoting arm in a rotational direction to the deployed position, wherein the sliding direction is different than the rotation direction.