Patent ID: 9225884
Filing Date: 2015-12-29
Classification: B60R,B60S,G01D,G01K,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for use in association with a vehicle having a windshield, said apparatus comprising a module, a camera assembly disposed in said module, said camera assembly includes an image sensor and a camera lens, said camera lens having a first end portion disposed adjacent to said image sensor and a second end portion spaced from said image sensor, and a polarizer lens disposed adjacent to said second end portion of said camera lens, wherein said module includes a base section and a cover section, said cover section having a first end portion which pivotally engages a first end portion of said base section, said cover section being pivotal relative to said base section between an open condition in which a second end portion of said cover section is spaced from a second end portion of said base section and a closed condition in which said second end portion of said cover section engages said second end portion of said base section, a first cam surface connected with said base section, and a second cam surface connected with said cover section, said second cam surface being slidable along said first cam surface to urge said first end portion of said cover section toward said first end portion of said base section during movement of said cover section from the open condition to the closed condition.