Patent ID: 7891886

Claim:
A device for a motor vehicle, comprising a rotatably mounted camera unit, which can be guided into a resting position and into an active position by a motor, and a protective element which can be guided into a closed position and into an open position by rotating about a first axle, whereby in the closed position the camera unit is in its resting position, in which it is inaccessible from an outside and is protected behind the protective element, and in the open position of the protective element the camera unit can be moved into the active position for recording images, wherein the camera unit is movable out of the resting position into the active position about a second axle arranged at a distance from the first axle; the protective element is connected by a pivot arm to the first axle; and the motor drives a mechanism on the vehicle which is mechanically connected to the protective element as well as to the camera unit, such that the mechanism is designed so that in an operating state the camera unit is uncoupled from the mechanism and a movement of the protective element from the closed position into the open position can be performed, while the camera unit remains in the resting position.