JP6499002B2 - Vehicle camera holding device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement in an apparatus used for holding a vehicle camera inside a window glass of a vehicle such as a passenger car.

  As a camera cover combined with a bracket attached to a windshield, there is one disclosed in Patent Document 1. The bracket is provided with a pin, and the camera cover is provided with a guide composed of a lead-in portion for the pin and a lock portion located behind the pin.

  In this patent document 1, the camera cover is attached by registering the pin at a position where it can enter the guide, bringing the camera cover closer to the windshield from below, and then sliding the camera cover forward. (See FIG. 4 of Patent Document 1). In this patent document 1, the approach to the windshield of the camera cover with the register is so-called “blurring work”, and it takes two actions to attach the camera cover including the subsequent slide movement. Moreover, in the thing of this patent document 1, in the proximity | contact operation to the windshield of the camera cover with the said registration, there exists a possibility of applying the force of the direction pressed outside with respect to a windshield. For this reason, the thing of this patent document 1 is exceptional in performing the said attachment before an adhesive hardens | cures, when installing a window glass in the opening part from the outer side of a vehicle main body, and fixing to a vehicle main body side by adhesion | attachment. It was something that required attention.

JP 2013-184661 A

  The main problem to be solved by the present invention is that a camera cover can be easily and appropriately combined with a bracket attached to a window glass.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a holding device for a vehicle camera is a holding device for holding a vehicle camera inside a window glass,
A bracket attached to the window glass and holding the camera;
It consists of a camera cover combined with the bracket by fitting,
The bracket comprises a first bracket attached to the camera, and a second bracket provided with an attachment portion for the window glass,
The first bracket attached to the camera is adapted to be fitted to the second bracket attached to the window glass by sliding movement in the direction along the inner surface of the window glass,
At the same time, to the second bracket, when the combination, the camera cover, toward a position where the fitting portion of the second bracket is fitted into the fitted portion of the camera cover, the inner surface of the window glass The guide part which guide | induces to the direction which follows is supposed to be provided.

  Such a guide portion facilitates attachment of the camera cover. In addition, since the guide portion guides the camera cover in a direction along the inner surface of the window glass, it is possible to prevent the force in the direction of pressing the window glass against the outer side as much as possible when attaching the camera cover. When the window glass is installed in the opening from the outside of the vehicle body and fixed to the vehicle body side by bonding, it is possible to attach the camera cover without any trouble even before the adhesive is cured. .

  According to the present invention, the guide portion includes a first half guide portion that is inclined with respect to the inner surface of the window glass and a second half guide portion that is substantially parallel to the inner surface of the window glass. This is one of the preferred embodiments.

  In such a case, if the bracket attached to the window glass is operated so as to cover the camera cover from below, a part of the camera cover is first brought into contact with the front half guide portion and the camera cover is aligned with the inner surface of the window glass. It can be guided in the direction. Next, a part of the camera cover can be brought into contact with the latter half guiding portion so that the operator can recognize the limit. From this state, the camera cover can be smoothly moved to the bracket by moving the camera cover using the latter half guiding portion. Can be fitted.

  In addition, it is a preferable aspect of the present invention that the fitting portion is provided at least in two places with a gap in the guide direction of the camera cover. In this case, the camera cover can be stably attached to the bracket.

The second bracket has an attachment portion for the window glass and a wall portion protruding downward from the attachment portion, and the fitting portions are provided on the wall portion and adjacent to the wall portion. It is one of preferred embodiments of the present invention that the guide portion is provided between the fitting portions. In this case, since each of the fitting portions is integrated by the wall portion, it is possible to further stabilize the attachment state of the camera cover to the bracket.

The bracket includes a first bracket attached to the camera and a second bracket provided with an attachment portion for the window glass, and the first bracket attached to the camera is an inner surface of the window glass. The direction of pressing outward against the window glass even when the camera is attached to the window glass by being fitted to the second bracket attached to the window glass by sliding movement in the direction along It is possible to prevent this force from acting.

  According to the present invention, in the holding device including the bracket for the camera and the camera cover for covering them, the camera cover can be easily and appropriately combined with the bracket attached to the window glass.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first bracket constituting a holding device according to an embodiment of the present invention and a camera attached to the first bracket in a separated state. FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a state in which the camera is attached to the first bracket. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the first bracket. FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second bracket constituting the holding device. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a second bracket constituting the holding device. FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a camera cover constituting the holding device. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram of a fitted portion on the front side of the camera cover. FIG. 8 is a side configuration diagram showing a state immediately before the first bracket combined with the camera is combined with the second bracket attached to the window glass. FIG. 9 is a side configuration diagram illustrating a state immediately before the camera cover that covers the first bracket is combined with the second bracket immediately after the first bracket is combined with the second bracket. FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional configuration diagram illustrating a state in which the camera cover is attached to the bracket holding the camera.

  A typical embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The holding device according to this embodiment is used for holding a vehicle camera C inside a window glass W of a vehicle such as a passenger car.

  Typically, such a holding device is used inside the windshield W 'to hold the camera C that monitors the front through the windshield W'.

  Such a holding device includes a bracket that is attached to the window glass W and holds the camera C, and a camera cover 3 that is combined with the bracket by fitting. In this embodiment, the bracket further includes a first bracket 1 attached to the camera C and a second bracket 2 provided with an attachment portion for the window glass W.

  Typically, the second bracket 2 is attached to the windshield W ′ before being attached to the vehicle body (body side). On the other hand, the first bracket 1 is attached to the camera C. After the windshield W ′ is attached to the vehicle body, the camera C is attached to the inside of the windshield W ′ by combining the second bracket 2 and the first bracket 1. Thereafter, the camera cover 3 is combined with the bracket to create a state in which the camera C is covered by the camera cover 3.

  At the time of the combination, the bracket is attached to the inner surface of the window glass W so that the fitting portion 21 of the bracket is fitted to the fitted portion 30 of the camera cover 3. A guide portion 22 that guides in the direction along is provided.

  Such guide portion 22 facilitates attachment of the camera cover 3. Further, since the guide portion 22 guides the camera cover 3 in the direction along the inner surface of the window glass W, a force in the direction of pressing the window glass W outward is not applied as much as possible when the camera cover 3 is attached. When the window glass W is installed in the opening from the outside of the vehicle body and is fixed to the vehicle body side by bonding, it is difficult to attach the camera cover 3 even before the adhesive is cured. It becomes possible to do without.

  Further, in this embodiment, the first bracket 1 attached to the camera C is attached to the window glass W by sliding movement in the direction along the inner surface of the window glass W. 2 is fitted. Thereby, in this embodiment, even when the camera C is attached to the window glass W, it is possible to prevent a force in the direction of pressing the window glass W outward.

  More specifically, the guide portion 22 includes a first half guide portion 220 that is inclined with respect to the inner surface of the window glass W, and a second half guide portion 221 that is substantially parallel to the inner surface of the window glass W. It is composed of When the bracket attached to the window glass W is operated so as to cover the camera cover 3 from below, a part of the camera cover 3 (guided portion 35 described later) is first brought into contact with the front half guide portion 220 to be attached to the camera cover 3. Can be guided in a direction along the inner surface of the window glass W. Next, a part of the camera cover 3 can be brought into contact with the latter half guiding portion 221 so that the operator can recognize the limit. From this state, the camera cover 3 can be moved using the latter half guiding portion 221 to the bracket. The camera cover 3 can be smoothly fitted (FIGS. 9 to 10).

  In the illustrated example, the first bracket 1 is fitted to the second bracket 2 by a sliding movement from the rear B to the front F (see FIG. 8, the movement locus is indicated by the reference symbol F <b> 1). The camera cover 3 is fitted to the bracket constituted by the first bracket 1 and the second bracket 2 by a sliding movement from the front F toward the rear B (see FIG. 9). It is represented by the symbol F2.)

  Further, in this embodiment, the fitting portion 21 is provided at two positions with a gap in the guiding direction of the camera cover 3. Thereby, the camera cover 3 can be stably attached to the bracket.

  Moreover, the bracket comprised from said 1st bracket 1 and 2nd bracket 2 has the attaching part 20 with respect to the said window glass W, and the wall part 23 which protrudes below from this attaching part 20, This wall part 23, the two fitting portions 21 and 21 are provided, and the guide portion 22 is provided at a location between the two fitting portions 21 and 21 in the wall portion 23. In this embodiment, the mounting portion 20, the wall portion 23, the fitting portion 21, and the guide portion 22 are all formed on the second bracket 2. Since the two fitting portions 21 and 21 are integrated by the wall portion 23, the attachment state of the camera cover 3 to the bracket can be further stabilized.

  In the illustrated example, the first bracket 1 includes a top portion 10 and left and right side portions 11 and 11. The camera C is fitted in a space 12 formed between the top portion 10 and the left and right side portions 11 and 11. The top portion 10 has a plate shape in which the plate surface is substantially parallel to the inner surface of the window glass W. The side portion 11 has a wall shape protruding downward from the edge portion along the vehicle length direction x in the top portion 10.

  The first bracket 1 includes a fitting portion 13 for the second bracket 2, an engagement means 14 for the camera C, and a backlash stopping means 15 for the camera C incorporated in the space 12.

  The fitting portion 13 is formed on the rear end side of the side portion 11 of the first bracket 1. The fitting portion 13 is formed by forming an engaging protrusion 13b on the outer surface portion of the elastic arm 13a in which the arm front end is integrally connected to the outer surface portion of the side portion. The left-right dimension (dimension in the vehicle width direction y) of the first bracket 1 is a dimension that fits between the inner surfaces of the left and right wall portions 23, 23 of the second bracket 2 with little clearance. In the second bracket 2 attached to the window glass W, a position where the front end of the side portion 11 abuts against a step surface 24 facing the rear B formed on the inner surface of the wall portion 23 of the second bracket 2 from the rear B. The first bracket 1 can be inserted as an insertion end position. Insertion of the first bracket 1 up to the insertion end position is allowed by elastic deformation of the elastic arm 13a accompanying sliding of the engaging protrusion 13b on the inner surface of the wall portion 23 of the second bracket 2. It has become. When the first bracket 1 reaches the insertion end position, the engagement protrusion 13b is aligned with the engagement window 25 formed on the rear end side of the wall portion 23 of the second bracket 2, and the elastic arm 13a is elastic. The engaging protrusion 13b enters and engages with the engaging window 25 after returning. Thereby, the first bracket 1 and the second bracket 2 are fitted.

The engaging means 14 for the camera C includes a slot 14a formed on one of the left and right side portions and an engaging claw 14b formed on the other of these. From the state in which one side of the left and right sides of the camera C is inserted into the space 12 and the rib Ca formed on the camera C is stored in the slot 14a, the camera C is attached to the first bracket 1 with the rib Ca as a fulcrum. When it is pushed into the space 12, the engaging claw 14b is elastically deformed to allow the pushing, and the engaged portion (not shown) formed on the other side of the camera C at the pushed-in position is moved to the above-mentioned position. The engaging claw 14b is caught (FIGS. 1 and 2).

  The backlash stopping means 15 of the camera C is composed of an elastic protrusion 15a that protrudes downward from the top 10. The pushing of the camera C into the space 12 of the first bracket 1 is allowed by the elastic deformation of the elastic protrusion 15a, so that the camera C is held in the space of the first bracket 1 without rattling. It has become.

  On the other hand, in the illustrated example, the second bracket 2 includes a top portion 26, left and right wall portions 23 and 23, and a bottom portion 27. The first bracket 1 is fitted in a space 28 formed between the top portion 26, the left and right wall portions 23, 23, and the bottom portion 27.

  The top portion 26 has a plate shape in which the plate surface is substantially parallel to the inner surface of the window glass W. A window-like opening portion 26 a extending between the inner surfaces of the left and right wall portions 23, 23 is formed between the position in the middle in the vehicle length direction x of the top portion 26 and the front end of the top portion 26. The camera C held by the bracket monitors the front F through the opening 26a and the window glass W (FIG. 10). In this embodiment, the upper surface of the top portion 26 functions as an attachment portion 20 that is bonded to the inner surface of the window glass W.

  The left and right wall portions 23, 23 protrude downward from the edge portion of the top portion 26 along the vehicle length direction x. A rear projection 23a and a front projection 23b projecting in the vehicle width direction y are formed on the outer sides of the left and right wall portions 23, 23, respectively, with an interval in the vehicle length direction x. Each of the rear protrusion 23a and the front protrusion 23b is formed with a through hole penetrating the rear protrusion 23a and the front protrusion 23b in the vehicle length direction x. The front fitting portion 21a and the rear fitting portion 21b are formed by the through holes. And are formed.

  The guide portions 22 are formed on the outer sides of the left and right wall portions 23 and 23 between the rear protrusion 23a and the front protrusion 23b, respectively. In the illustrated example, the guide portion 22 has a rib shape protruding from the wall portion 23, and its lower surface serves as a sliding contact surface 222 with respect to the guided portion 35 of the camera cover 3. The guide part 22 has the front half guide part 220 positioned on the side of the front protrusion part 23b, and a gap between the front half guide part 220 and the rear protrusion part 23a serves as the latter half guide part 221. The front half guide portion 220 has the front end 220a positioned at the lower edge of the wall portion 23, the rear end 220b positioned above the front end 220a, and the sliding contact surface 222 between the front end 220a and the rear end 220b is defined by the window glass W. The surface is inclined with respect to the inner surface. The second half guiding portion 221 has a front end 221a continuous with the rear end 220b of the first half guiding portion 220, and the rear end 221b is a virtual straight line in which the front end 221a is located and is parallel to the top portion 26 (illustrated). The rear end 221b is positioned directly above the rear fitting portion 21b, and the sliding contact surface 222 between the front end 221a and the rear end 221b is positioned on the window glass W. The surface is substantially parallel to the inner surface.

  The bottom portion 27 has a strip shape in which a plurality of triangular thinned portions 27a extending between the lower ends of the left and right side walls are formed below the open portion 26a.

  On the other hand, in the illustrated example, the camera cover 3 includes left and right side surface portions 31 and 31 and a bottom surface portion 32, and has an upper and rear B opened. The distance between the inner surfaces of the left and right side surfaces 31, 31 of the camera cover 3 is larger than the dimension of the second bracket 2 in the vehicle width direction y.

  The left and right side surfaces 31, 31 of the camera cover 3 are each formed with a protruding portion 33 that protrudes inward at a position approximately in the middle in the vehicle length direction x. The distance between the protruding portion 33 of the left side surface portion 31 and the protruding portion 33 of the right side surface portion 31 is the distance between the outer surfaces of the left and right wall portions 23 and 23 of the second bracket 2 below the guide portion 22. Are substantially equal.

  The front fitting portion 301 and the rear fitting portion with respect to the front fitting portion 21a are spaced inside the left and right side portions 31, 31 of the camera cover 3 in the vehicle length direction x. A rear mating portion 302 with respect to the portion 21b is formed.

  The front-side fitted portion 301 protrudes toward the rear B from the inner corner portion 34 between the front end of the side surface portion 31 and the bottom surface portion 32. In the illustrated example, the front-side mated portion 301 is constituted by a core plate 301a and a clip 301c combined with the core plate 301a. The core plate 301a has a form in which the front end is integrally connected to the inner corner portion 34, protrudes rearward B, and the plate surface is arranged vertically. The clip 301c includes left and right arm portions 301d and 301d having a front end as a free end, and a base portion 301e that connects the rear ends of the left and right arm portions 301d and 301d. The clip 301c is provided between the left and right arm portions 301d and 301d. The core plate 301a is sandwiched and combined with the core plate 301a. Reference numeral 301f in the drawing denotes an engaging portion of the clip 301c with respect to a hole 301b formed in the core plate 301a. The left and right arm portions 301d and 301d of the clip 301c are bent at positions in the middle in the length direction so that a mountain-shaped engagement portion 301g is formed outside the arm portion 301d.

  The rear mated portion 302 projects rearward B from the side portion directed to the rear side of the protruding portion 33. In the illustrated example, the rear mating portion 302 includes an elastic engagement piece 302 a that protrudes rearward B with the front end integrally connected to the protruding portion 33, and the elastic engagement piece 302 a and the side surface portion of the camera cover 3. 31 and an auxiliary piece 302c that protrudes rearward B from the protrusion 33. An engagement claw 302b protruding upward is formed at the rear end of the elastic engagement piece 302a.

  In the illustrated example, the front fitting portion 301 is positioned in front F of the front fitting portion 21 a of the second bracket 2, and the protruding portion 33 and the rear fitting portion 302 are located on the second bracket 2. When the second bracket 2 attached to the window glass W so as to be positioned between the front fitting portion 21a and the rear fitting portion 21b is operated so as to cover the camera cover 3 from below, The guided portion 35 is slid on the sliding contact surface 222 of the front half guiding portion 220 of the guide portion 22 with the corner portion between the protruding end surface 33a of the protruding portion 33 and the side portion 33b directed to the front side as a guided portion 35. It comes to be touched. By this sliding contact, the camera cover 3 is guided toward the rear B. When the camera cover 3 is further moved toward the rear B from the state in which the guided portion 35 abuts against the latter half guiding portion 221, the front-side fitted portion 301 has the left and right arm portions 301d and 301d constituting the clip 301c. The mountain-shaped engaging portion 301g abuts the entrance of the front fitting portion 21a and the left and right arm portions 301d and 301d of the clip 301c bend inward, and the rear fitting portion 302 has the elastic engaging piece 302a. The engaging claws 302b come into contact with the entrance of the rear fitting portion 21b, and the elastic engagement pieces 302a bend downward. These bending deformations lead to the front fitting portion 21a of the front fitting portion 301. And entry into the rear fitting portion 21b of the rear fitted portion 302 are allowed. The movement of the camera cover 3 to the rear B is stopped at a position where the protruding portion 33 of the camera cover 3 hits the rear protruding portion 23a of the second bracket 2. In this stop position, the arm portion 301d of the clip 301c of the front mating portion 301 bends back so that the mountain-shaped engaging portion 301g engages with the edge on the outlet side of the front mating portion 21a, and The elastic engagement piece 302a of the rear mating portion 302 is bent back so that the engaging claw 302b is engaged with the edge of the rear fitting portion 21b on the outlet side.

  In the example described above, the fitted portion 30 is configured to enter the fitted portion 21. However, although not illustrated, the fitted portion may be configured to enter the fitted portion.

  Moreover, the provision of this characteristic to the part and part which should have the elastic deformation characteristic in the example demonstrated above can be easily ensured by making this part, the whole including this part, and such a part into a plastic molded product.

  Of course, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, but includes all embodiments that can achieve the object of the present invention.

W Window glass C Camera 1 First bracket 2 Second bracket 21 Fitting portion 22 Guide portion 3 Camera cover 30 Fitted portion

Claims (4)

A holding device for holding a vehicle camera inside a window glass,
A bracket attached to the window glass and holding the camera;
It consists of a camera cover combined with the bracket by fitting,
The bracket comprises a first bracket attached to the camera, and a second bracket provided with an attachment portion for the window glass,
The first bracket attached to the camera is adapted to be fitted to the second bracket attached to the window glass by sliding movement in the direction along the inner surface of the window glass,
At the same time, to the second bracket, when the combination, the camera cover, toward a position where the fitting portion of the second bracket is fitted into the fitted portion of the camera cover, the inner surface of the window glass A holding device for a vehicular camera, comprising a guide portion that guides in a direction along the direction.   2. The vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the guide portion includes a front half guiding portion that is inclined with respect to the inner surface of the window glass and a second half guiding portion that is substantially parallel to the inner surface of the window glass. Camera holding device.   The vehicle camera holding device according to claim 1, wherein the fitting portion is provided in at least two places with a gap in the guide direction of the camera cover. The second bracket includes an attachment portion for the window glass and a wall portion protruding downward from the attachment portion. The fitting portions are provided on the wall portion and the fittings adjacent to each other in the wall portion are provided. The vehicle camera holding device according to claim 3, wherein the guide portion is provided between joint portions.