Patent ID: 8356948

Claim:
A structure for mounting a camera on a vehicle, comprising: a base fixed to a vehicle body; a camera; a slide mechanism configured to allow the camera to slide in a sliding direction so as to be detachably engaged with the base; and a spring member, attached to the camera and configured to generate a pressing force in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction between the base and the camera in an engaged state, thereby holding the camera with respect to the base, wherein the spring member includes an S-shaped spring portion, the S-shaped spring portion including a first spring plate portion inclining such that a rear portion thereof in the sliding direction goes away from the camera, a second spring plate portion extending from a rear end of the first spring plate portion in the sliding direction and inclining towards an opposite direction of the first spring plate portion, and a third spring plate portion extending from a rear end of the second spring plate portion in the sliding direction and inclining towards an opposite direction of the second spring plate portion, and wherein the base includes a locating portion to be engaged with the S-shaped spring portion to thereby locate the camera in the sliding direction.