Integrated Camera and Mirror Mount Bracket for Windshield
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle mirror and camera mounting systems require complex and cumbersome attachments directly to the windshield, lacking a unified and efficient method for securing both mirror assemblies and camera modules, which can lead to installation challenges and increased weight.
Innovation Solution
A camera mounting bracket with a twist-lock mechanism and a windshield attachment member that integrates a socket for the mirror mount, allowing for a unified attachment of both the mirror assembly and camera module to the vehicle windshield, utilizing a structural plastic bracket with a metallic spring element for enhanced wear and vibration stability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If separate mounting systems are used for mirror assembly and camera module, then each component can be independently installed, but the overall system complexity increases and installation becomes more cumbersome
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the mirror assembly mounting and camera module mounting into a single integrated camera mounting bracket. The bracket includes a mirror mount portion for securing the mirror assembly and a camera mount portion for securing the camera module, both attached to the windshield via a single attachment member. This merging eliminates the need for separate mounting systems while maintaining the ability to independently install and adjust each component.
2Reliability
If complex attachment mechanisms are used to secure both mirror and camera, then mounting stability is improved, but installation time and difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The camera mounting bracket is pre-assembled as an integrated unit with both the mirror mount portion and camera mount portion already connected to the attachment member. This preliminary assembly allows the entire mounting system to be installed as a single unit on the windshield, eliminating the need for complex field assembly operations and reducing installation time while maintaining secure mounting through the pre-engineered connection mechanisms.
3Adaptability or versatility
If traditional mounting systems are used, then existing components can be mounted, but the overall system weight increases
Solution Approach 1:
The camera mounting bracket is designed as a universal mounting system that can accommodate both the mirror assembly and camera module using a single integrated structure. The bracket includes standardized mounting interfaces that can secure different component types, eliminating the need for multiple separate mounting brackets and reducing overall system weight while maintaining compatibility with existing components.
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
This solution provides a lightweight, efficient, and secure mounting system that reduces installation complexity and weight, while ensuring the camera module's stray light shield functionality and the mirror assembly's stability, enhancing the overall vehicle imaging system's performance.
Implementation Method 1
utilizing a structural plastic bracket with a metallic spring element for enhanced wear and vibration stability
Data Source
AI summary
A vehicle mirror and camera mounting system includes a windshield attachment member configured to adhesively attach at a vehicle windshield and a camera mounting bracket configured to attach at the windshield attachment member. The camera mounting bracket is an injection molded bracket that is formed by injection molding a thermoplastic reinforced polyamide polymeric molding resin. With the windshield attachment member adhesively attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, the camera mounting bracket, with a camera module attached thereat, is attached at the windshield attachment member. The camera mounting bracket includes a mirror attachment portion for attaching an interior rearview mirror assembly. The mirror mount includes an attaching portion that is configured to insert at least partially into a socket of the mirror attachment portion of the camera mounting bracket to attach the interior rearview mirror assembly at the camera mounting bracket.