Camera arrangements for motor vehicles

A camera arrangement for a motor vehicle, the arrangement comprising:

• a front housing for at least partially enclosing a camera system and having a housing opening formed therethrough for allowing light to pass through to the camera system;
• a window at least partially transparent to the light and covering the housing opening;
• and
• a retainer disposed adjacent to the window and comprising a snapfit arrangement that engages the front housing to help hold the window in place relative to the front housing, wherein the retainer comprises:
• a plate that defines a retainer opening aligned with the housing opening and that has a perimeter portion surrounding the retainer opening, and
• sidewalls extending from the perimeter portion to an opposite direction from a side of the plate faced to the housing opening, wherein the sidewalls of the retainer extend rearward and are covered by at least a portion of the interior of the front housing,
• wherein the sidewalls define the snapfit arrangement configured as a plurality of cantilevered clips correspondingly having positive snapfit features disposed distally on the cantilever clips,
• wherein the front housing has recessed portions that receive the positive snapfit features, wherein the positive snapfit features of the cantilever clips face towards the interior of the front housing, and wherein the portion of the interior of the front housing defines the recessed portions, and
• wherein the retainer is an internal retainer that mounts on an interior of the front housing such that the retainer is disposed inside the front housing with the plate rearward of the housing opening.