JPH09240371A - Vehicle rear view monitoring camera device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a rear view monitoring camera to be installed without changing a design of the rear part of a vehicle. SOLUTION: Before fitting to a fixing detent 7 of an outer panel 3, a rear view monitoring camera 14 is fixed to a cover 16 to close an opening 15 of a rear combination lamp house 6. Installation of the rear view monitoring camera device to a rear door 2 is sufficiently carried out by fitting the rear combination lamp house 6 to the fixing detent 7, resulting in that its working efficiency is improved. Since only the design of the cover 16 closing the opening 15 arranged at the rear surface cover 12 of the rear combination lamp house 6 is changed, an integral appearance in design of the rear door 2 of the vehicle is scarcely damaged.

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 Those in which a rear monitoring camera and a video camera are arranged at the rear of a vehicle are disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 5-338492, Japanese Patent Publication No. 5-33184, and the like.

[0003]

However, there has not been proposed a rear combination lamp house equipped with a rear monitoring camera that points rearward of the vehicle.
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 device for a vehicle that can be mounted without changing the design of the rear portion of the vehicle by incorporating the rear monitoring camera in the rear combination lamp house. It is what

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, a rear monitoring camera device for a vehicle according to the present invention has a rear combination lamp house to which a rear monitoring camera is fixed, fitted in a mounting recess at the rear of the vehicle. Therefore, the rear monitoring camera is attached.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rear monitoring camera device for a vehicle according to the first aspect, wherein the surface of the lens protective glass of the rear monitoring camera is subjected to water repellent treatment. Is characterized by.

[0006]

According to the vehicle rear view camera device having the above-described structure, the stop lamp, the back lamp and the like are incorporated in the rear combination lamp house. When fitted into the mounting recess at the rear, a space is formed between the rear body and the rear body. Therefore, if the rear monitoring camera is mounted in this space, the camera portion does not project and stand out, so that the design of the rear portion of the vehicle does not change and the sense of unity is not impaired. Further, since the rear monitoring camera can be fixed to the rear surface of the rear combination lamp house in advance, the work is simple and easy. Further, the rear monitoring camera can be mounted with high accuracy, and the angle adjustment after mounting is hardly required. In addition, mounting the rear monitoring camera device,
The rear combination lamp house is completed by fitting it in the mounting recess, which has the effect of improving work efficiency.

Further, in the rear monitoring camera device according to the second aspect, since the surface of the lens protection glass of the rear monitoring camera is subjected to water repellent treatment, rainwater or dirty water rolled up during traveling adheres. However, it does not interfere with the rear field of view to be monitored as it falls into a polka dot and falls.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the rear portion of the vehicle, and FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. The outer panel 3 of the rear door 2 of the vehicle 1 is covered with a garnish 5 having a license plate 4 attached substantially below the center thereof. The outer panel 3 on both the left and right sides of the garnish 5 is formed with a mounting recess 7 into which a rear combination lamp house 6 is fitted.

In each rear combination lamp house 6, a stop lamp house 9 having a stop lamp 8 and a back lamp house 11 having a back lamp 10 are provided.
Is incorporated. The rear cover 12 of the rear combination lamp house 6 is a translucent red cover except the part corresponding to the back lamp house 11, and is formed with a predetermined curvature so as to be continuous with the curved surface of the outer panel 3 of the rear door 2. It is designed to have a sense of unity. Then, when the rear combination lamp house 6 is fitted into the mounting recess 7 of the outer panel 3, a space 13 is formed below the stop lamp house 11 between the rear recess lamp house 6 and the mounting recess 7.

In the case of the present invention, the rear monitoring camera 14 is to be mounted in the space 13. For this reason, the opening 15 is formed in the rear surface cover 12 below the back lamp house 11 incorporated in the one rear combination lamp house 6. The opening 15 is the cover 1
6 is fitted and closed. The cover 16 is formed with an inclined shelf 18 having a camera opening 17. The bracket 19 provided on the inclined shelf 18
Then, the housing 20 of the rear monitoring camera 14 is fixed. The housing 20 includes a lens protection glass 20 for the rear monitoring camera 14.
a is watertightly fitted. When the rear combination lamp house 6 is fitted into the mounting recess 7, the rear monitoring camera 14 points toward the rear lower side of the vehicle 1 and has a visible range S as shown in FIG.

An elastic sealing material 21 is wound around the outer periphery of the housing 20 of the rear monitoring camera 14 to prevent rainwater, washing water, etc. from entering through the camera opening 17. Wire harness 22 extending from the housing 20 of the rear monitoring camera 14
Is inserted into the mounting recess 7 of the outer panel 3 and inserted into the outer panel 3 through the insertion hole 23, and a grommet 24 is fitted into the insertion hole 23 to ensure watertightness. The surface of the lens protection glass 20a fitted in the housing 20 is subjected to a water repellent treatment.

The rear monitoring camera device for a vehicle having the above-mentioned structure is
Since the rear monitoring camera 14 is fixed to the cover 16 that closes the opening 15 of the rear combination lamp house 6 before it is fitted into the mounting recess 7 of the outer panel 3, the work can be easily and easily performed. At the same time, the accuracy of the mounting angle can be secured. Also, the rear door 2
The rear monitoring camera device can be mounted on the rear combination lamp house 6 only by fitting the rear combination lamp house 6 into the mounting recess 7, so that the working efficiency can be improved. Furthermore, since only the design of the cover 16 that closes the opening 15 provided in the rear cover 12 of the rear combination lamp house 6 is changed, the sense of unity in the design of the rear door 2 of the vehicle 1 is hardly impaired.

Further, the outer panel 3 of the rear door 2 has
Insertion hole 2 of the wire harness 22 of the rear monitoring camera 14
Since only 3 is provided, there is an advantage that the countermeasure against water entering can be easily performed by fitting the grommet 24 or the like.
Further, the surface of the lens protection glass 20a fitted in the housing 20 of the rear monitoring camera 14 is subjected to water repellent treatment. Therefore, even if rainwater or dirty water that is rolled up during traveling adheres, it does not dry as it is and rolls off as water drops, so that the rear view to be monitored is not obstructed. A transparent synthetic resin plate may be used instead of the lens protection glass 20a.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a vehicle.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line AA in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Vehicle 2 ... Rear door 3 ... Outer panel 4 ... License plate 5 ... Garnish 6 ... Rear combination lamp house 7 ... Mounting recess 9 ... Stop lamp house 11 ... back lamp house 12 ... rear cover 13 ... space 14 ... rear surveillance camera 16 ... cover 20a ... lens protection glass

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Tatsuyuki Kamiya 100 Kanayama, Ichiriyama-cho, Kariya city, Aichi Prefecture Toyota Body Co., Ltd. In-house

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A rear monitoring camera for a vehicle, wherein the rear combination lamp house, to which the rear monitoring camera is fixed, is fitted into a mounting recess at the rear of the vehicle so that the rear monitoring camera is mounted. apparatus. 2. The rear monitoring camera device for a vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the lens protection glass of the rear monitoring camera is subjected to a water repellent treatment.