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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst Gmbh & Co. KG, Velbert, DE;
Lynn Dadeppo, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Ehab Kamal, Novi, MI (US);
Steve Bauer, Clarkston, MI (US);
David Newkirk, West Bloomfield, MI (US);
HUF HÜLSBECK & FÜRST GMBH & CO. KG, Velbert, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device with a camera unit, serving to take pictures of the outside of a motor vehicle, and a lid element movable via a drive between a closed position, in which the lid element covers an opening of the device and an open position, in which the lid element exposes the opening, wherein in the closed position of the lid element the camera unit is inaccessible from the outside behind the lid element and in the open position of the lid element pictures can be taken. According to the invention provision is made for the lid element to be an actuating element for the camera unit in order to move the camera unit between an idle position and an operating position.