Patent ID: 6676308
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
A traffic accident photographing device for a vehicle, comprising:camera-fastening means for fastening a camera to the vehicle to allow the camera to photograph an actual scene occurrence of a collision, the camera-fastening means comprising: a transparent cover bracket having a reflection mirror at a center portion thereof; and a roof bracket bolted to the roof of the vehicle along with the transparent cover bracket; a housing coupled to a lower surface of the roof bracket, and defined, at a center portion thereof, with a camera insertion which is opened at an upper end, the housing further defined with a lens exposure opening below the camera insertion space; shutter-pressing means for allowing a shutter of the camera fastened to the vehicle by the camera-fastening means, to be pressed, the shutter-pressing means comprising: a hole defined through a side wall of the housing; a round bar-shaped weight member disposed in the hole through the side wall of the housing; a spring for biasing the weight member outward of the hole through the side wall of the housing; and wherein upon the collision, the weight member, which is moved by an inertial force generated by the collision, operates the shutter of the camera. 2.The traffic accident photographing device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the reflection mirror is formed by a mirror body having a truncated quadrangular pyramid-shaped contour.