US 11,851,008 B2
Camera bracket assembly
Karly R. Miller, Lemont, IL (US); Prasun K. Majumdar, Buffalo Grove, IL (US); Christopher T. Schaafsma, Wheaton, IL (US); and Edward F. Bulgajewski, Genoa, IL (US)
Assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed by ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC., Glenview, IL (US)
Filed on Mar. 10, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/691,407.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/161,106, filed on Mar. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0289120 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A bracket assembly for mounting a camera to a vehicle, the bracket assembly comprising:
a bracket body; and
a glare shield that extends along the bracket body, wherein a longitudinal axis is centrally disposed between a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the glare shield,
wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall of the glare shield extends between a throat end and a mouth end, the throat end defining an aperture,
wherein at least one slit extends through the glare shield and spans between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the at least one slit defined by a plurality of louvers,
wherein the plurality of louvers includes a leading end and a trailing end opposite of the leading end, the leading end disposed closer to the throat end of the glare shield,
wherein the plurality of louvers is defined by a curved profile, the curved profile including a convex portion and a concave potion, and
wherein a thickness of the plurality of louvers is reduced moving in a direction from a trailing end to the leading end.