Vehicle Camera Holder Base With Sliding Lock for Inclined Mounting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing camera mounting systems struggle to securely attach camera housings to vehicle parts with varying designs and inclinations, particularly vehicle windows, without requiring complex assembly or additional installation work.
Innovation Solution
A holder base part with retaining elements that can be securely adhered to vehicle parts, featuring a separable connection mechanism allowing the camera housing to be oriented parallel to the vehicle longitudinal axis, using a sliding movement along a notional connection axis, with holder-locking and housing-locking elements that interact for secure locking and easy decoupling of force components.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a camera housing is securely mounted to vehicle parts with varying designs and inclinations, then mounting reliability is improved, but device complexity and installation work increase
Solution Approach 1:
The holder base part is designed as a universal mounting solution that can be adhered to various vehicle parts including windshields, side windows, and rear windows with different inclinations. The base part serves multiple functions: providing a mounting surface for different vehicle parts, accommodating the separable connection mechanism, and enabling camera housing attachment without requiring different mounting solutions for each vehicle part type.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: a holder base part that adheres to the vehicle part, a separable connection mechanism with retaining elements, and a camera housing. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently and simplifies installation, as the base part can be pre-installed on the vehicle while the camera housing is attached later through the separable connection.
2Ease of operation
If a separable connection mechanism is used for mounting camera housing, then ease of operation and adaptability are improved, but connection reliability may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The connection mechanism transitions from a static permanent mount to a dynamic separable connection. The retaining elements with holder-locking elements and housing-locking elements enable the connection to be easily made and broken while maintaining reliability when connected. The sliding movement along the connection axis provides controlled engagement and disengagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The locking elements are designed to automatically engage when the camera housing is inserted into the holder base part through sliding movement. The holder-locking elements on the retaining elements interact with housing-locking elements on the camera housing to automatically lock the connection without requiring additional manual fastening steps, ensuring both ease of operation and connection reliability.
3Manufacturing precision
If holder-locking elements are arranged in insertion regions, then manufacturing precision and compactness are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The holder-locking elements are integrated directly into the retaining elements, and the retaining portions define the insertion regions. This merging of functions reduces the number of separate components and simplifies the overall structure while maintaining precise positioning. The locking elements are accommodated within the insertion regions, creating a compact design without requiring additional separate mounting structures.
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AI summary
A holder base part for securing at least one camera housing to a vehicle part of a vehicle, a camera housing and a camera system are described. The holder base part has a retaining element with a securing portion, by which the retaining element is secured to the vehicle part, and which has a retaining portion by which the retaining element is separably connected to a connection element on the side of the at least one camera housing by a sliding movement along a notional connection axis. The retaining portion contributes to defining an insertion region into which the housing-side connection element is inserted for separable connection to the retaining element. The retaining element has a holder-locking element which interacts with a housing-locking element on the side of the camera housing to lock a connection between the retaining element and the connection element. The holder-locking element is arranged in the insertion region.