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US 8,896,698 B2Granted
Front end mounted video camera for vehicle
AssigneeVelvac Incorporated
InventorRobert R. Brester
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Abstract
A vehicle camera mount has a bracket, a support arm, and a camera housing. The bracket is used to fasten the support arm to a vehicle. The camera housing is connected to the support arm, the camera housing contains a camera, and the camera housing has a wind resistance reducing aerodynamic profile configured to reduce wind resistance by the camera housing as the vehicle is moving. The support arm is configured to support the camera housing to the vehicle so that the camera housing is above a front fender of the vehicle and alongside a hood of the vehicle.
Claims12
A vehicle camera mount comprising:
- a bracket configured to be fastened to a vehicle;
- a support arm connected to the bracket;
- and
- a camera housing connected to the support arm, the camera housing being configured to house a camera therein,
- wherein the camera housing has an aerodynamic profile configured to produce laminar air flow around the camera housing to minimize the wind resistance thereof when the vehicle is moving,
- wherein, when the vehicle is in motion, the support arm is configured to position the camera housing in a portion of a wind air flow stream outside a boundary layer of air flow caused by outer surfaces of the moving vehicle displacing air immediately ahead of the vehicle, which portion's air flow path is otherwise unaffected by the moving vehicle or outer surfaces thereof, and
- wherein the support arm supports the camera housing
- wherein the camera housing has a total surface area, wherein the camera housing has a wind facing surface area that faces the wind when the vehicle is moving, and wherein the wind facing surface area is in the range of 5% to 30% of the total surface area.
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A vehicle camera mount comprising:
- a bracket configured to be fastened to a vehicle;
- a support arm connected to the bracket;
- a camera housing connected to the support arm and housing a camera in an interior space thereof,
- wherein the camera housing has an aerodynamic profile configured to produce laminar air flow around the camera housing to minimize the wind resistance thereof as the vehicle is moving,
- wherein, when the vehicle is in motion, the support arm is configured to position the camera housing in a portion of a wind air flow stream outside a boundary layer of air flow caused by outer surfaces of the moving vehicle displacing air immediately ahead of the vehicle, which portion's air flow path is otherwise unaffected by the moving vehicle or outer surfaces thereof,
- wherein the support arm is configured to support the camera housing so that the camera housing is positioned above a front fender of the vehicle and alongside a hood of the vehicle;
- and
- wherein the camera housing has a total surface area, wherein the camera housing has a wind facing surface area that faces the wind when the vehicle is moving, and wherein the wind facing surface area is in the range of 5% to 30% of the total surface area.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.