US 11,752,953 B2
Camera system for mounting on a vehicle
Christian Guffarth, Friedrichshafen (DE); Johannes Kirchhoff, Friedrichshafen (DE); Alex Hessel, Friedrichshafen (DE); Albertus Clemens Maria Van der Knaap, Eindhoven (NL); Steven Vanderhaeghen, Eindhoven (NL); and Michiel Van Nesselrooij, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/312,748
Filed by ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Friedrichshafen (DE)
PCT Filed Dec. 9, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NL2019/050813
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 10, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/122708, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2022162 (NL), filed on Dec. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048443 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/06 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [B60R 1/0617 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1261 (2013.01); B60R 2300/804 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera system arranged for mounting on a vehicle's front side location, equipped to provide at least an image of the area in front of the vehicle, the camera system comprising:
a wing assembly arranged for mounting on the vehicles front side location; and
a forward looking camera mounted in the wing assembly, wherein the wing assembly has a front portion shaped around and extending in front of a transparent camera portion that forms the front side of the forward looking camera, such that the transparent camera portion forms a smooth and continuous surface with the front portion;
wherein the front portion extends forward beyond the transparent camera portion surface, so that a curved guidance surface is formed by the front portion that redirects impacting travel wind from the front portion to a downward direction along the transparent camera portion to keep it free from contamination.