Vehicle Camera Attachment Structure for One-Handed Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing attachment structures for vehicle cameras often limit the working space for attaching and detaching, making it inefficient due to the camera being surrounded by the vehicle body frame or mounted deep inside, requiring only one arm for operation.
Innovation Solution
An attachment structure with a holding member fixed to the window and an attachment member that includes a receiving tube with elastically deformable engaging claws, allowing easy engagement and disengagement through simple operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If the camera is mounted deep inside the vehicle body or surrounded by the vehicle body frame, then the camera can be securely positioned, but the working space for attaching and detaching the camera is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment structure is divided into separate components: a holding member fixed to the window and an attachment member connected to the camera. This segmentation allows the camera to be securely mounted while enabling easy attachment and detachment operations through the engagement and disengagement of the attachment member with the holding member.
Solution Approach 2:
The attachment member acts as an intermediary between the camera and the holding member. It includes engagement holes that interface with engaging claws, providing a mechanical mediation that allows secure mounting while facilitating easy attachment and detachment through simple engagement and disengagement actions.
2Strength
If the camera is mounted deep inside the vehicle body, then the camera can be protected, but the operator can only insert one arm into the working space, reducing work efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment member includes elastically deformable engaging claws that can dynamically adjust during attachment and detachment operations. The engagement holes are designed to allow easy engagement when the claws are in their engaged state and easy disengagement when the claws are pressed to deform, enabling efficient one-handed operation while maintaining secure mounting.
Solution Approach 2:
The engagement holes are designed with specific dimensional parameters that facilitate easy engagement and disengagement. The holes are positioned and sized to allow the engaging claws to easily enter and exit, reducing the force and complexity required for attachment and detachment operations, thereby improving work efficiency.
3Ease of operation
If a complex attachment mechanism is used to enable easy attachment and detachment, then the operation becomes simpler, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The attachment member is designed to attach and detach itself through simple engagement and disengagement actions. The engagement holes and engaging claws are configured to automatically engage when brought together and to easily disengage when the claws are pressed, eliminating the need for complex tools or multi-step procedures while maintaining structural simplicity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Improves the work efficiency of attaching and detaching the camera by enabling easy engagement and disengagement even with limited working space, using elastically deformable engaging claws and tactile confirmation of engagement positions.
Implementation Method 1
a pair of engaging claws (51) that are elastically deformable
Data Source
AI summary
An attachment structure of a camera includes an attachment member attached to the camera, and a holding member holding the attachment member. The holding member includes a fixed frame fixed to an inner surface of a window, a hood protruding from the fixed frame toward an inboard side, and a receiving tube extending from the hood toward the inboard side and receiving the camera. The receiving tube includes a pair of engaging claws that are elastically deformable. The attachment member includes a base portion that supports the camera, and a pair of sidewall portions extending from the base portion toward an outboard side and arranged on either side of the receiving tube. Each sidewall portion is provided with an engagement hole with which each engaging claw engages from a side of an axis, and the engagement hole penetrates each sidewall portion in a direction perpendicular to the axis.