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US 2019/0377240 A1Published application
Vehicle camera lens protective cover
OwnerPhyllis Florence Lowe, Wayne Richard Feldhackerinventors
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Abstract
A vehicle camera lens protective cover structured and arranged to open in any direction that will improve protection, while allowing the camera to telescope out, if necessary, for a better wide-angle view.
Claims8
A vehicle camera lens protective cover comprising:
- (a) a cover including a base part and a shutter part;
- (b) a sensor, wherein the sensor is operably connected to receive the signal to open or close the shutter part of the cover;
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- (c) a motor, wherein the motor is controllable by the sensor and operably connected to the shutter part of the cover to open or close the shutter part according to the signal received by the sensor.
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A vehicle camera lens protective cover comprising:
- (a) a cover including a base part and a shutter part;
- (b) a sensor, wherein the sensor is operably connected to receive the signal to open or close the shutter part of the cover;
- (c) a motor, wherein the motor is controllable by the sensor and operably connected to the shutter part of the cover to open or close the shutter part according to the signal received by the sensor;
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- (d) a heater operably connected to the cover and the motor to defrost the shutter part and the motor prior to opening,
- wherein the heater is controllable by the signal received by the sensor,
- wherein the signal received by the sensor to open the shutter part indicates the user's vehicle is in reverse, and wherein the signal received by the sensor to close the shutter part indicates the user's vehicle is no longer in reverse, and
- wherein the heater operates immediately upon receipt of the open signal or the close signal by the sensor, and wherein the motor operates to open the shutter part or close the shutter part three or four seconds after receipt of the open signal or close signal by the sensor, so that the shutter part and motor are heated by the heater prior to opening or closing the shutter part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.