Patent ID: 8587419

Claim:
A vehicle rear view detector arrangement comprising, in combination: a medallion mountable on a preselected surface of a vehicle, said medallion having a housing, said housing having an outer wall with an outer surface and an inner surface, and a plurality of ribs extending a preselected distance from said inner surface of said outer wall outer; a first portion of said ribs defining a signal generating detector receiving cavity; an alignment wall in said detector receiving cavity; passage walls in said outer wall of said housing defining an aperture extending therethrough in regions communicating with said signal generating detector receiving cavity; said detector receiving cavity oriented in said medallion to be at a preselected angle with respect to said preselected surface upon which said housing is mounted, and said preselected angle is in a range of 35 degrees to 45 degrees for a condition of the surface of the vehicle upon which the medallion is located is substantially vertical; a first signal generating detector mountable in said detector receiving cavity and said signal generating detector having an alignment slot therein for receiving said alignment wall, whereby said first signal generating detector is maintained in abutment with at least some of said first portion of said ribs and with said alignment wall for secure positioning in said detector receiving cavity at said preselected angle.