Roof mounted imager module
AssigneeGentex Corporation
InventorsDanny L. Minikey, JR., Richard T. Fish, JR., Mark R. Roth
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Abstract
A roof mounted module for a vehicle includes an imager housing in secure engagement with a roof of the vehicle. The imager housing defines a lateral aperture and a vertical aperture. An imager is disposed in the imager housing and is in communication with the lateral aperture. An antenna housing is removably coupled to the imager housing and is in communication with the vehicle via a data connection that extends through the vertical aperture.
Claims19
A roof mounted module for a vehicle comprising:
- an imager housing in secure engagement with a roof of the vehicle, the imager housing defining a lateral aperture and a vertical aperture;
- an imager disposed in the imager housing and in communication with the lateral aperture;
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- an antenna housing removably coupled to the imager housing and in communication with the vehicle via a data connection that extends through the vertical aperture.
A roof mounted antenna and imager module for a vehicle, comprising:
- an imager housing including a bottom side configured for secure engagement with a roof of a vehicle;
- an imager disposed in the imager housing and configured to capture image data through a window defined in the imager housing;
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- an antenna housing removably coupled to a top side of the imager housing.
A roof mounted module for a vehicle comprising:
- an imager housing removably coupled with a roof of the vehicle, the imager housing including a vertical aperture disposed through a rear wall thereof, and further including a vertical aperture defined by a plurality of internal walls that extend from a bottom of the antenna housing to a lower wall of the imager housing, thereby separating an internal cavity of the imager housing from the vertical aperture;
- an imager disposed in the imager housing and in communication with a lateral aperture;
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- an antenna housing removably coupled to the imager housing and in communication with the vehicle via a data connection that extends through the vertical aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.