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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2015
Applicants:
Shaoying Kang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas White, Gregory, MI (US);
Robert Newton, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Shaoying Kang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas White, Gregory, MI (US);
Robert Newton, Chesterfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
TRW Automotive U.S. LLC, Livonia, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 17/55 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G03B 17/55 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus for use with a camera module having an imager and adapted for mounting on the inside surface of a vehicle window. The apparatus comprising structures sized and positioned to block reflections that might otherwise impinge on the imager from below the module, while still permitting the flow of air onto the window surface within the imager's field of view.