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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2017
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Donald S. Rawlings, Caledonia, MI (US);
Carol L. DeBoer, Zeeland, MI (US);
Darryl P. De Wind, West Olive, MI (US);
MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of mounting a camera module at a vehicle windshield includes attaching an attaching portion of a bracket at an in-cabin surface of a vehicle windshield and attaching a mirror mounting base at the bracket, and attaching a mirror head at the mirror mounting base. With the attaching portion of the bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the windshield, camera attaching structure of the bracket extends downward along the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield below the attaching portion. With the attaching portion of the bracket attached at the in-cabin surface of the vehicle windshield, the camera module is attached at the camera attaching structure of the bracket, whereby the lens of the camera module is below the attaching portion of the bracket and the camera module has a field of view through a portion of the vehicle windshield below the attaching portion.