Patent ID: 11890995
Assignee: NIFCO INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 0:
1. A bracket for attaching to a window glass a vehicle mount camera for taking an image outside a vehicle through the window glass, comprising:
a base portion configured to be fixed to an inside face of the window glass,
an abutment portion on the base portion, for a front end portion of the vehicle mount camera,
first support portions located at a rear side with respect to the abutment portion configured to receive a middle portion of the vehicle mount camera from a rear side,
second support portions located at right and left of the base portion and at a rear side with respect to the first support portions, for receiving therebetween a rear end portion of the vehicle mount camera, the second support portions having inner faces facing each other and cut grooves formed in the inner faces to be spaced apart from each other with an open end, and
elastic engagement pieces respectively provided in the inner faces of the left and right second support portions defined between the cut grooves, each engagement piece having a free end and integrally formed with each of the second support portions at a portion opposite to the free end, and an engagement portion with an engagement face projecting inwardly from the inner surface and configured to engage the vehicle mount camera, the elastic engagement piece permitting, by elastic deformation thereof, an upward movement operation of a rear portion of the vehicle mount camera at a front portion as fulcrum from a state that the first support portion receives the middle portion, and engaging at the engagement face the rear portion of the vehicle mount camera by elastic returning at a finish position of the upward movement operation.