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US 8,944,705 B1Granted
Camera unit
AssigneeHonda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorTadahiro Matori
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Abstract
A camera unit increases the degree of freedom with which the camera unit can be designed. The camera unit includes a camera body having a hook held in hooked engagement with a bracket. The bracket includes a first support engaged by the hook and which supports the camera body in an angularly movable fashion, and a second support supporting the camera body that is secured to the second support.
Claims6
A camera unit comprising a camera body and a bracket on which the camera body is supported detachably,
- the bracket securing the camera body to an object on which the camera unit is installed, wherein:
- the camera body includes a hook held in hooked engagement with the bracket;
- and
- the bracket includes:
- a first support engaged by the hook and which supports the camera body in an angularly movable fashion;
- and a second support supporting the camera body that is secured to the second support
- wherein the first support is disposed on one of left and right ends of the camera body;
- and
- the second support is disposed on another of the left and right ends of the camera body;
- wherein the second support includes a leaf spring having a principal surface that faces toward the camera body;
- and
- one end of the leaf spring is fixed to a bracket body of the bracket, and another end of the leaf spring is switchable between a pressing position in which the other end normally presses the camera body, and a spaced position in which the other end is spaced from the camera body for enabling removal of the camera body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.