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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2012
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, Ibaraki, JP;
Ken Ohsumi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd., Hitachinaka-shi, JP;
Abstract
To provide an automotive camera mounting apparatus that has a simplified, lightweight configuration with a minimum increase in weight, is vibration-free during running, and can be steadily mounted on a vehicle body, an automotive camera mounting apparatusfor mounting on an inside of a windshieldof a vehiclean automotive camerathat images a forward view of the vehiclethrough the windshieldincludes a taper plateas a support plate disposed along the windshield. The taper platehas a first fixing portionon a first end thereof fixed to a front raildisposed on a periphery of the windshieldand a second fixing portionon a second end thereof fixed to the windshieldvia a mirror base. The automotive camerais supported by a staythat has a fixing portionfixedly disposed on a third fixing portionformed at an intermediate portion of the taper plate