EP1663716A1 - Habillage de module d'equipement dont une paroi porte une camera de vision arriere - Google Patents

Habillage de module d'equipement dont une paroi porte une camera de vision arriere

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EP1663716A1
EP1663716A1 EP04764901A EP04764901A EP1663716A1 EP 1663716 A1 EP1663716 A1 EP 1663716A1 EP 04764901 A EP04764901 A EP 04764901A EP 04764901 A EP04764901 A EP 04764901A EP 1663716 A1 EP1663716 A1 EP 1663716A1
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wall
covering
opening
equipment module
transverse
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French (fr)
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Stevan Guernalec
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Valeo Systemes dEssuyage SAS
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R13/00—Elements for body-finishing, identifying, or decorating; Arrangements or adaptations for advertising purposes
    • B60R13/04—External Ornamental or guard strips; Ornamental inscriptive devices thereon
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60R11/00—Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
    • B60R11/04—Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle

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  • the invention provides a covering for a motor vehicle equipment module, one wall of which faces downwards and backwards.
  • the invention more particularly provides a covering for a motor vehicle equipment module, of the type which protrudes longitudinally towards the rear relative to a rear transverse vertical panel, of the type which has a first lower wall which s extends generally horizontally rearward from the rear panel, a second upper wall generally forming a transverse strip, which is arranged above the first wall, and which is inclined relative to the first wall so that the transverse edge upper of the second wall is located in front of the lower transverse edge of the second wall.
  • Some current motor vehicles have a rear window which extends generally in a vertical transverse plane.
  • the opening in particular carries the rear registration plate of the vehicle and an equipment module arranged above the registration plate.
  • This equipment module generally called a "bar"
  • the external covering defines an internal volume in which the various pieces of equipment are arranged, and which is delimited by the rear vertical transverse face of the opening, a horizontal lower wall and a second upper wall.
  • the bottom wall extends generally longitudinally towards the rear from the rear face of the opening, and in particular it carries the opening handle of the opening.
  • the second wall is arranged above the bottom wall, and it is generally oriented towards the rear and upwards, that is to say that its upper transverse edge is arranged longitudinally in front of its lower transverse edge.
  • the interior volume of the covering is sometimes delimited by a horizontal upper wall which extends longitudinally towards the rear from the rear face of the opening to the upper transverse edge of the second wall.
  • the bottom wall has several openings which are associated with the lighting means of the license plate or with the operating handle of the opening, respectively.
  • a rear vision camera which is part of a parking assistance system, which allows the driver to see the low height obstacles which are situated behind the vehicle, and outside. driver's field of vision.
  • the dimensions of the camera are relatively small, which makes it possible to arrange the camera inside the casing of the equipment module.
  • the high position of the equipment module increases the efficiency of obstacle detection of the parking assistance system.
  • the main axis of the camera is oriented downwards and backwards.
  • the covering walls are oriented either only downwards, or upwards and backwards, they are therefore not perpendicular to the optical axis of the camera.
  • the protective glass of the camera is not perpendicular to the optical axis, it can then cause optical deformations, thus reducing the effectiveness of the camera.
  • the camera then forms a protrusion relative to the covering, which is then more exposed to shocks and harms the general aesthetics of the module.
  • the object of the invention is to propose a covering allowing the integration of the camera into its interior volume without harming its efficiency.
  • the invention provides a covering of the type described above, characterized in that it comprises at least a third intermediate wall forming a chamfer, which is arranged vertically between the first wall and the second wall, and which is inclined with respect to to the first wall and relative to the second wall.
  • the third wall is generally oriented towards the rear and downwards, so that its upper transverse edge is arranged behind its lower transverse edge; -
  • the third wall has an opening which is closed by a transparent element and which is arranged in the optical axis C of a component of the equipment module; -
  • the third wall is generally perpendicular to the optical axis C of the component; -
  • the opening is arranged transversely overall in the middle of the third wall;
  • the third wall may include at least one second opening which is closed by an element permeable to waves that can be emitted and / or received by another associated component of the equipment module;
  • the second wall and / or the third wall are generally convex; -
  • the section along a vertical plane of the second wall and / or the third wall is rectilinear; -
  • the covering comprises a fourth wall which extends horizontally rearwards from the rear vertical face a from the rear transverse vertical panel to the upper transverse edge of the second wall.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective representation of the rear part of a motor vehicle comprising an equipment module whose exterior trim is in accordance with the invention
  • - Figure 2 is a detail on a larger scale of the module shown in Figure 1
  • - Figure 3 is a view similar to that of Figure 2 showing an alternative embodiment of the equipment module, which has a fourth upper wall and an additional accessory
  • - Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view along line 4-4 of an alternative embodiment of the equipment module according to which the covering has a fourth upper horizontal wall.
  • FIG. 1 shows a motor vehicle 10 comprising a rear opening 12 which extends generally in a transverse vertical plane and which is articulated at its upper end 12s around a transverse axis A.
  • the opening 12 carries the rear registration plate 14 of the vehicle and an equipment module 16 which is arranged above the rear registration plate 14.
  • the equipment module 16 commonly known as a "bar" has the overall shape of a transverse bar which projects rearwards relative to the vertical transverse plane of the registration plate 14
  • the equipment module 16 comprises an external covering 18 which delimits an interior volume in which the various equipment elements of the equipment module 16 are arranged, and which comprises means (not shown) for fixing it to the rear transverse vertical face of the opening 12.
  • the equipment module 16 comprises a handle 24 for unlocking and opening / closing the opening 12, which passes through a complementary opening 26 for covering 18, and means for lighting the rear registration plate 14.
  • the lighting means for the rear registration plate 14 include light sources (not shown) arranged in the interior volume of the covering 18 and of the optical elements 20, which are here two in number, distributed transversely on either side of a median vertical longitudinal plane P of the covering 18.
  • the elements optics 20 each close a complementary opening 22 of the covering 18 and they are designed so as to direct a major part of the light flux generated by each of the light sources in the direction of the rear registration plate 14.
  • the interior volume of the covering 18 is delimited by the rear vertical wall of the opening 12, by a first generally horizontal lower wall 28 which extends longitudinally towards the rear from the pa rear king of the opening 12, and by an upper wall 30 which is inclined relative to the lower wall 28 and relative to the opening 12, so as to be oriented upwards and backwards.
  • the bottom wall 28 is oriented downwards, it thus has the openings 22, 26 associated with the optical elements 20 and with the handle 24.
  • the top wall 30 is oriented upwards and backwards, which means that its edge upper transverse is arranged in front of its lower transverse edge 30i.
  • the equipment module 16 also includes a rear vision camera 32 which is part of a vehicle parking assistance system 10.
  • the camera 32 makes it possible to detect obstacles of low height located behind the vehicle 10, outside the driver's field of vision.
  • the optical axis C of the camera 32 is oriented rearward and downward relative to the equipment module 16.
  • the camera 32 is arranged inside the covering 18, which implies that the covering 18 has an opening 34 closed by a transparent optical element 36, such as for example a protective glass.
  • the covering 18 comprises a third intermediate wall 38 which is arranged between the lower wall 28 and the upper wall 30, and which is oriented rearwards and downwards.
  • the intermediate wall 38 then forms a chamfer, the upper edge 38s of which is connected to the lower edge 30i of the upper wall 30, and is arranged behind the lower edge 38i of the intermediate wall 38, which is connected to the rear edge 28a of the bottom wall 28.
  • the intermediate wall 38 Since the opening 34 associated with the camera 32 is produced in the intermediate wall 38, which extends in a plane generally perpendicular to the optical axis C of the camera 32, the intermediate wall 38 is inclined relative to the bottom wall 28 by an angle whose value is determined as a function of the angle of inclination defined by the optical axis C of the camera 32 and the longitudinal axis.
  • the opening 34 can be positioned on the intermediate wall 38 so as to optimize the efficiency of the camera 32.
  • the opening 34 is arranged transversely overall in the middle of the intermediate wall 38, the camera 32 is then arranged above the handle 24.
  • the invention is not limited to this embodiment, and that the opening 34, and therefore the camera 32, can have any other transverse position on the intermediate wall 38.
  • the intermediate wall 38 is able to receive other pieces of equipment, and possibly include other openings associated with these other pieces of equipment.
  • the equipment module 16 includes a fourth piece of equipment
  • the intermediate wall 38 then has an opening 42 associated with this fourth piece of equipment 40, which is closed by an element 44 permeable to waves emitted and / or received by the fourth piece of equipment 40, that is to say of the electromagnetic waves or light waves, especially infrared.
  • the covering 18 has three walls, so that the upper edge of the upper wall 30 is connected to the rear face of the opening 12.
  • the equipment module 16 is not limited to this embodiment, and that the covering 18 may include a fourth upper wall 46 which extends horizontally rearward from the rear face of the opening 12 to the upper edge of the upper face 30, as is has shown in Figure 4.
  • the covering 18 is shaped so that the transverse ends of each wall 28, 30, 38, 46 are connected to the rear face of the opening 12.
  • the upper wall 30 and the intermediate wall 38 are curved so that their section along a horizontal plane is convex and curved towards the rear.
  • the section along a vertical plane of the upper wall 30 and / or of the intermediate wall 38 can be curved, so that the upper wall 30 and / / the intermediate 38 has a convex shape, curved towards the rear, which makes it possible to have a pleasant shape of the equipment module 16, or else the section along a vertical plane of the upper wall 30 and / or of the intermediate wall 38 can be rectilinear.
  • the protective glass 36 associated with the camera 32, and the element 44 associated with the fourth piece of equipment 40 has the same shape as the intermediate wall 38, that is to say that their sections along a vertical plane are curved or rectilinear, respectively, and their sections along a horizontal plane are curved.
  • the equipment module 16 may include other pieces of equipment in addition to those mentioned, arranged on one or the other of the walls of the covering 18, thus, for example, rear lights, such as for example stop lights or fog lights, can be arranged on the upper wall 30.
  • the covering 18 makes it possible to integrate into the equipment module 16 a transmission camera 32 whose optical axis is oriented towards the rear and downwards, while preventing the covering 18 from having a protrusion relative to its walls in which the camera 32 is arranged. As a result, the camera 32 is better protected from possible shocks, and the general aesthetics of the equipment module 16 is improved.

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  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Fittings On The Vehicle Exterior For Carrying Loads, And Devices For Holding Or Mounting Articles (AREA)
EP04764901A 2003-09-10 2004-09-07 Habillage de module d'equipement dont une paroi porte une camera de vision arriere Withdrawn EP1663716A1 (fr)

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FR0310676A FR2859426B1 (fr) 2003-09-10 2003-09-10 Habillage de module d'equipement dont une paroi porte une camera de vision arriere
PCT/EP2004/009958 WO2005023593A1 (fr) 2003-09-10 2004-09-07 Habillage de module d’equipement dont une paroi porte une camera de vision arriere

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JP (1) JP2007504991A (ja)
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