# US 10,369,936 B2 · Camera arrangements for motor vehicles > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,369,936 B2 - Document ID: US10369936B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/130,133 - Filed: 2016-04-15 - Published: 2017-10-19 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-15 - Assignees: Veoneer US, Inc. - Applicants: Veoneer US, Inc. - Inventors: Frank Paul Leonelli, Jr. - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10369936B2 ## CPC - B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle - G03B 17/02: Bodies - G03B 17/55: with provision for heating or cooling, e.g. in aircraft - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 23/52: Elements optimising image sensor operation, e.g. for electromagnetic interference [EMI] protection or temperature control by heat transfer or cooling elements - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof - H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices - B60R 2011/0026: {Windows, e.g. windscreen} - B60R 2011/0059: {using clips, clamps, straps or the like} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A camera arrangement for a motor vehicle is provided. The camera arrangement includes a front housing for at least partially enclosing a camera system. The front housing has a housing opening formed therethrough for allowing light to pass through to the camera system. A window is at least partially transparent to the light and covers the housing opening. A retainer is disposed adjacent to the window and includes a snapfit arrangement that engages the front housing to help hold the window in place relative to the front housing. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The camera arrangement of claim 1, wherein the window is disposed between the front housing and the retainer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The camera arrangement of claim 2, further comprising a sealing element that is disposed between the window and the front housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The camera arrangement of claim 3, wherein the sealing element is selected from the group consisting of a seal, a gasket, and a pressure sensitive adhesive. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The camera arrangement of claim 3, wherein the sealing element sealingly interfaces with the window and the front housing. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The camera arrangement of claim 3, wherein the sealing element is disposed laterally adjacent to the housing opening and defines a seal opening aligned with the housing opening to allow the light to pass by the sealing element to the camera system. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The camera arrangement of claim 1, further comprising a heater that is disposed between the window and the retainer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The camera arrangement of claim 7, wherein the heater directly interfaces with the window and the retainer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The camera arrangement of claim 7, wherein the heater is disposed laterally adjacent to the housing opening and defines a heater opening aligned with the housing opening to allow the light to pass by the heater to the camera system. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The camera arrangement of claim 1, wherein the retainer is an external retainer that mounts on an exterior of the front housing such that the retainer is disposed outside of the front housing with the plate forward of the housing opening. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The camera arrangement of claim 10, wherein the sidewalls of the external retainer extend rearward over at least a portion of the exterior of the front housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The camera arrangement of claim 11, wherein the positive snapfit features of the cantilever clips face towards the exterior of the front housing, and wherein the portion of the exterior of the front housing defines the recessed portions that receive the positive snapfit features. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The camera arrangement of claim 1, further comprising the camera system at least partially enclosed by the front housing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The camera arrangement of claim 13, further comprising a heatsink that is operatively coupled to the camera system, and wherein the heatsink and the front housing are coupled together to substantially enclose the camera system. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The camera arrangement of claim 1, wherein the front housing has one or more mounting recessed portions configured to correspondingly receive one or more positive snapfit mounting features from a component of the motor vehicle to mount the camera arrangement on the component.