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Title:
DEVICE HAVING A CAMERA UNIT FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/154290
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device, comprising a camera unit (10), which is used to record images of the exterior area of a motor vehicle, and a cover element (30), which can be moved from a closed position (1) to an open position (2) by means of a drive (50), wherein the camera unit (10) is behind the cover element (30) and inaccessible from outside in the closed position (1) of the cover element (30) and images can be recorded in the open position (2) of the cover element (30). For this purpose, the cover element (30) has an outer surface (31) facing away from the camera unit (10), and the drive (50) interacts with such a mechanism that the outer surface (31) is always in the exterior area (6) of the motor vehicle in each position of the cover element (30) during the movement of the cover element (30) between the closed position (1) and the open position (2).

Inventors:
SCUDDER AUSTEN KOLAR (US)
WALTERS ALEX SCOTT (US)
FICHERT ULRIKE (DE)
BARTLETT SHANNON CHRISTIAN (US)
JUNGMANN RICHARD HEINZ (US)
Application Number:
PCT/EP2011/058948
Publication Date:
March 08, 2012
Filing Date:
May 31, 2011
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
HUF HUELSBECK & FUERST GMBH (DE)
SCUDDER AUSTEN KOLAR (US)
WALTERS ALEX SCOTT (US)
FICHERT ULRIKE (DE)
BARTLETT SHANNON CHRISTIAN (US)
JUNGMANN RICHARD HEINZ (US)
International Classes:
G03B11/00; B60R11/04; G03B17/04; G03B29/00; H04N5/225; B60R11/00
Foreign References:
EP1332923A22003-08-06
US20040130622A12004-07-08
DE102009039962A12010-04-22
EP1003068A12000-05-24
US20060256459A12006-11-16
DE102009008283A12010-08-12
DE202005017430U12006-09-14
US20070013555A12007-01-18
US20080079848A12008-04-03
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
VOGEL, Andreas et al. (Bochum, DE)
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