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Patent No.:

US 12391181 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 07, 2022

Base assembly with camera, cleaning system, base frame and base cover, rear view device, vehicle and assembling and dis-assembling method

Applicant:

Motherson Innovations Company Limited, London, GB;

Inventors:

Callum Scott-Collins, Portchester, GB;

Jakub Spychala, Portchester, GB;

Kane Connor, Portchester, GB;

Graham Rehill, Portchester, GB;

Andrew Lettis, Portchester, GB;

Andreas Herrmann, Stuttgart, DE;

Arne Schmierer, Stuttgart, DE;

Simon David Field, Lonsdale, AU;

Francis Charlet, Dammarie les Lys, FR;

Steve Horne, Portchester, GB;

Assignee:

Motherson Innovations Company Limited, London, GB;

Attorney:

Jones Day;

Primary Examiner:

Twyler L Haskins

Assistant Examiner:

Akshay undefined Trehan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60J 10/78 (2016.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01); B60R 1/074 (2006.01); B60R 1/20 (2022.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 16/03 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B60S 1/52 (2006.01); B60S 1/56 (2006.01); G03B 11/04 (2021.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 1/06 (2013.01); B60R 1/074 (2013.01); B60R 1/1207 (2013.01); B60R 1/20 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 16/03 (2013.01); B60S 1/0848 (2013.01); B60S 1/52 (2013.01); B60S 1/56 (2013.01); G03B 11/045 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01); B60J 10/78 (2016.02); B60Q 1/34 (2013.01); B60R 1/0602 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1215 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2011/004 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure refers to a base assembly of an exterior rear view device. The base assembly is configured to be mounted to a vehicle in a way that moveably supports a head assembly of the exterior rearview device. The base assembly comprises: a camera with a lens, a cleaning system with a nozzle for dispensing cleaning fluid onto the lens, a base frame, a base cover that comprises a plurality of cover pieces, and a camera cradle. The cover pieces provide a first opening for the lens and a second opening for the nozzle. The camera cradle is mounted to the base frame for holding both the camera and the nozzle.

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