US 12,466,335 B2
Attachment structure of camera
Shingo Nakayama, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 26, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/959,778.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-222412 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0214516 A1, Jul. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0059 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An attachment structure for attaching a camera arranged on an inboard side of a window of a vehicle to the window, the attachment structure comprising:
an attachment member attached to the camera; and
a holding member fixed to an inner surface of the window and holding the attachment member,
wherein the holding member includes:
a fixed frame fixed to the inner surface of the window;
a hood protruding from the fixed frame toward the inboard side and defining a field-of-view space of the camera; and
a receiving tube extending from the hood toward the inboard side around an axis and receiving the camera, and
the receiving tube includes a pair of engaging claws that are elastically deformable,
the attachment member includes:
a base portion that supports the camera; and
a pair of sidewall portions extending from the base portion toward an outboard side and positioned on either side of the receiving tube, and
each of the sidewall portions is provided with an engagement hole with which each of the engaging claws engages from a side of the axis, and the engagement hole penetrates each of the sidewall portions in a direction perpendicular to the axis.