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Patent No.:

US 9283900 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016

Filed:

Sep. 09, 2013

Accessory mounting system for a vehicle

Applicant:

Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jonathan E. DeLine, Raleigh, NC (US);

Niall R. Lynam, Holland, MI (US);

Ralph A. Spooner, Holland, MI (US);

Phillip A. March, Holland, MI (US);

Assignee:

MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:

Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Mohamed Barakat

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); B60Q 1/34 (2006.01); B60Q 1/26 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); F16M 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G02B 7/182 (2006.01); G02B 7/18 (2006.01); H05K 7/04 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60S 1/08 (2006.01); B60R 1/04 (2006.01); B60Q 3/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60Q 3/023 (2013.01); B60Q 3/0293 (2013.01); B60R 1/04 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 11/02 (2013.01); B60R 11/0217 (2013.01); B60R 11/0247 (2013.01); B60S 1/0881 (2013.01); B60S 1/0885 (2013.01); B60Q 1/2665 (2013.01); B60R 11/0241 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1284 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0033 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0077 (2013.01); B60R 2300/101 (2013.01); G02B 6/00 (2013.01); G02B 2027/012 (2013.01); G02B 2027/0118 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04R 2499/13 (2013.01);
Abstract

An accessory mounting system for a vehicle includes a bracket attached at a windshield of a vehicle. The bracket has a windshield-facing side and a cabin-facing side. The cabin-facing side of the bracket has first structure. An accessory module has a housing, with an electronic device and circuitry housed in the housing. The electronic device includes a camera that has a CMOS imaging array. The circuitry is in communication with a vehicle bus system of the vehicle. The housing has second structure that is configured to engage the first structure of the bracket when the housing is being attached to the bracket.

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