JP3334551B2 - Rear view camera device for vehicles - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera for monitoring the rear of a vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art JP-A-5-338492.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. H11-157, discloses a movable in-vehicle camera device in which a housing of a rear monitoring camera is movably mounted on a rear body of a vehicle at an imaging position and a storage position, and a garnish is attached to the housing. However, the above-mentioned movable vehicle-mounted camera device incorporates a rotation mechanism for rotating the housing between the imaging position and the storage position, so that the overall configuration becomes large, and a dedicated garnish is attached to the housing. Therefore, when removing the camera device, the garnish had to be removed.

A rear monitoring camera device proposed by the applicant of the present application (Japanese Patent Application No. 8-79436) fixes the rear monitoring camera to a bracket fixed to the back of the garnish with a fastening screw, and then applies the garnish. In the mounting recess at the rear of the vehicle. The garnish is provided with a window for monitoring the rear monitoring camera, but the fastening screw cannot be operated from the window. In addition, when the window hole is enlarged, the sense of unity in design is impaired. Therefore, in order to remove the rear monitoring camera for inspection or repair, it is necessary to first remove the garnish.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a rear monitoring camera apparatus for a vehicle in which only the rear monitoring camera can be removed and replaced. is there.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a camera for monitoring the rear of a vehicle according to the present invention, wherein a license plate mounting surface is provided and a lamp for illuminating the license plate. In the garnish incorporating a house or the like and attached to the mounting recess at the rear of the vehicle, an opening for inserting the rear monitoring camera is formed, and a bracket capable of elastically expanding between the opposing legs in the opening is fixed. A fitting portion having a male and female relationship is provided on each of the opposed leg portion and the side surface of the rear monitoring camera, and the rear monitoring camera is mounted by fitting the fitting portion. .

[0005]

The rear monitoring camera device for a vehicle having the above-described structure elastically expands between the opposing legs of the bracket fixed to the garnish and inserts the rear monitoring camera from the charging opening. The rear surveillance camera can be mounted by fitting the male and female fitting portions provided on the opposite leg and the side surface of the rear surveillance camera. Therefore, it is possible to remove and replace only the rear monitoring camera, and to easily and quickly mount and remove the camera.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 1 is a perspective view of the rear part of the vehicle, FIG. 2 is a front view of the garnish 5, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the bracket 3, the rear monitoring camera 27 and the cover 31. FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. At the outer panel 3 of the rear door 2 of the vehicle 1, a mounting recess 6 for mounting a garnish 5 for mounting the license plate 4 is formed substantially below the center.

The garnish 5 has a mounting surface 7 of the license plate 4 recessed, and a flange 8 is formed around the mounting surface 7 by bending. The flange portion 8 is continuous with the curved surface of the outer panel 3 of the rear door 2 so as to have a sense of unity in design. A bulging portion 9 bulging rearward of the vehicle 1 is formed in a flange portion 8 above the mounting surface 7. The rear end of the bulging portion 9 is bent upward so as to be continuous with the outer panel 3.

An outside handle 10 for opening the rear door 2 is incorporated in the bulging portion 9 of the garnish 5 at the center. On both sides of the outside handle 10 are lamps 11 for illuminating the license plate 4 at night.
The lamp house 12 provided with the lamp is incorporated. When the garnish 5 is attached to the mounting recess 6 of the outer panel 3, a space 13 is formed between the bulging portions 9 on both sides of the lamp house 12 and the mounting recess 6.

The rear monitoring camera apparatus of the present invention is to mount a rear monitoring camera 27 described later in the space 13. Therefore, one of the lamp house 12 and the outside handle 10 incorporated in the garnish 5 are provided.
An opening 14 for inserting a camera is formed in the bulging portion 9 between them. And the bracket 1 on the back of the garnish 5
5 is fixed. The bracket 15 is formed in a U-shape as shown in FIG. 3. The bracket 15 has a pair of opposing legs 16 protruding into the opening 14, and two fitting projections 17 are formed on the opposing surfaces thereof. Have been. Opposite leg 16
The screw insertion piece 18 bent at a right angle to the opposing surface side
And a screw hole 19 is formed. A screw insertion piece 20 having a right angle in cross section is fixed to an outer surface of one of the opposed leg portions 16, and a screw insertion hole 21 is formed. Also, a screw insertion piece 23 is formed to be bent and a screw insertion hole 24 is formed in the connection piece 22 that connects the opposed leg portions 16.

The bracket 15 is fixed to the back of the garnish 5 by screwing a fastening screw 25 inserted through the screw insertion holes 21 and 24 into a fastening boss 26 formed inside the bulging portion 9. The garnish 5 to which the bracket 15 is fixed is attached to the mounting recess 6 of the outer panel 3. Two fitting recesses 29 are formed on both side surfaces of the housing 28 of the rear monitoring camera 27 so as to correspond to the fitting projections 17 of the bracket 15 (FIG. 3).

The rear monitoring camera 27 connects to a housing 28 a wire harness 30 pulled out from an insertion hole (not shown) formed in the mounting recess 6 of the outer panel 3. Then, it is inserted through the opening 14 for inserting the camera, the opposing leg 16 of the bracket 15 is expanded, and the opposing leg 16 is opened.
Is fitted into the fitting concave portion 29 of the housing 28. As a result, both side surfaces of the housing 28 are sandwiched between the opposing leg portions 16, and the rear monitoring camera 27 is positioned and fixed.

A rear monitoring camera 27 in a fixed state;
The gap formed between the bulging portion 9 and the opening 14 for inserting the camera is closed by the cover 31 to ensure a sense of unity in design. The cover 31 is a screw insertion piece 1 of the bracket 15.
8 and is fixed by a fastening screw 32 screwed into the screw hole 19 of the screw insertion piece 18. By fixing the cover 31 to the bracket 15, the bracket 15 is reinforced, and the expansion of the opposing leg 16 can be prevented. If the cover 31 is removed, the opposed leg 16 of the bracket 15 can be expanded, so that the fitting projection 17 and the fitting recess 29 are disengaged, and only the rear monitoring camera 27 can be removed. The rear monitoring camera 27 is directed downward and rearward of the vehicle 1 and has a monitoring range S as shown in FIG.

A lens protection glass 33 of the rear monitoring camera 27 is fitted in a housing 28 of the rear monitoring camera 27 in a watertight manner. Then, on the surface of the lens protection glass 33,
Water repellent treatment is applied. Therefore, even if rainwater or sewage that is rolled up during traveling adheres, it does not dry as it is and drops as a polka dot, so that the rear view to be monitored is not obstructed. The lens protection glass 3
Instead of 3, a transparent synthetic resin plate can be used.

[0015] The rear monitoring camera device for a vehicle having the above-described configuration includes:
By fitting the fitting projection 17 of the opposite leg 16 of the bracket 15 fixed in the bulging portion 9 of the garnish 5 attached to the mounting recess 6 of the outer panel 3 into the fitting recess 29 of the housing 28. In addition, since the rear monitoring camera 27 is mounted, the mounting operation becomes easy. Further, by removing the cover 31 and expanding the opposing leg 16 of the bracket 15, the fitting between the fitting projection 17 and the fitting recess 29 is released, so that only the rear monitoring camera 27 can be removed. In the above description, the fitting projection 17 is attached to the opposing leg 16.
The fitting recess 29 is formed in the housing 28, but the facing leg 1
6 and a fitting projection may be formed in the housing 28.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a rear portion of a vehicle.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the garnish 5;

3 is a perspective view of a bracket 15, a rear monitoring camera 27, and a cover 31. FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 .... vehicle 3 .... outer panel 5 .... garnish
6 ... mounting recess 7 ... mounting surface 12 ... lamp house 14 ... opening
15 ... Bracket 16 ... Opposite leg 17 ... Mating projection 27 ... Backward monitoring camera 28 ... Housing 29 ... Mating recess

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-9-240370 (JP, A) JP-A-5-338492 (JP, A) JP-A-3-189247 (JP, A) JP-A-60-1985 259543 (JP, A) Japanese Utility Model Application Hei 5-80883 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application Hei 5-11608 (JP, U) Japanese Utility Model Application Hei 4-99147 (JP, U) (58) Fields surveyed (Int. ⁷ , DB name) B60R 1/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An installation surface for a license plate is provided, and an opening for mounting a rear monitoring camera is provided in a garnish which incorporates a lamp house or the like for illumination of the license plate and is attached to a mounting recess at the rear of a vehicle. A bracket that is formed and elastically expands between the opposing legs in the opening is fixed, and fitting portions having a male and female relationship are provided on the opposing legs and the side surface of the rear monitoring camera, respectively. A rear monitoring camera apparatus for a vehicle, wherein the rear monitoring camera is mounted by fitting the joint.