# US 9,751,471 B2 · Device for holding a camera having a slotted guide > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,751,471 B2 - Document ID: US9751471B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/434,106 - Filed: 2013-10-09 - Published: 2015-09-17 - Granted: 2017-09-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-10 - Assignees: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG - Applicants: Huf Hülsbeck & Fürst GmbH & Co. KG - Inventors: Heiko Schütz - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751471B2 ## CPC - B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle - G08B 13/19619: {Details of casing} - G08B 13/19632: {Camera support structures, e.g. attachment means, poles} - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - B60R 2011/004: {outside the vehicle} - B60R 2011/0082: {collapsible, e.g. for storing after use} - B60R 2300/806: for aiding parking - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G08B: SIGNALLING SYSTEMS, e.g. PERSONAL CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract The invention relates to a device for holding a camera (40) which serves in particular as a parking assistance device for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (10) in which a slide (20) is movably accommodated to which slide the camera (40) can be secured. The slide (20) can be driven by a mechanism (30) having an arm (40) that is rotatably mounted in the housing (10) about a first axis (1) and that is mechanically functionally connected to a rocking element (50). Said rocking element is rotatably mounted in the housing (10) about a second axis (2) and the slide (20) is rotatably mounted on the rocking element (50) about a third axis (3), the movement of the slide (20) between a rest position (A) and an operating position (B) being at least to some extent defined by a housing guide (14) of the housing (10). ## Claims ### Claim 1 Device for holding a camera with a housing in which a slide is movable accepted at which the camera can be assembled wherein the slide can be driven by a gear, which gear comprises an arm which is movably mounted about a first axis and is in a mechanical operative connection with a rocking element which is movably mounted at the housing about a second axis, wherein each of the first axis and the second axis is fixedly attached to the housing, wherein the slide is movably mounted at the rocking element about a third axis, wherein the rocking element comprises a steering guidance which interacts with a steering element of the arm in order to move the rocking element about the second axis and the slide about the third axis wherein the steering guidance is performed S-like, and wherein the movement of the slide between a rest position and an operating position is at least partially determined by a housing guidance of the housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) Device according to claim 1, wherein the slide comprises a housing side mounting opening in order to replaceably accept a camera or an acceptance opening extending towards the outside through which the camera is directed to the outside. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) Device according to claim 1, wherein the arm is mounted at the housing via a first joint and the rocking element is mounted at the housing via a second joint and wherein the first axis proceeds through the first joint and the second axis through the second joint. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) Device according to claim 1, wherein the first axis is parallel to the second axis. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) Device according to claim 1, wherein the slide is assembled at the rocking element via a third joint wherein the third axis proceeds through the third joint. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) Device according to claim 1, wherein the third axis is movable to the first axis and to the second axis with the rocking element. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) Device according to claim 1, wherein the slide comprises a sliding element which is displaceable along the housing guidance of the housing wherein the housing guidance is shaped arch-like. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) Device according to claim 1, wherein the arm comprises a driving guidance which interacts with a driving element of a drive in order to move the arm about the first axis wherein the drive guidance is shaped arch-like. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) Device according to claim 1, wherein the gear is performed in a way that the slide performs partly a swinging movement about the second axis and partly a tilting movement about a third axis and that the swinging movement from the rest position into the operating position can be performed with an alterable radius which is determined by the steering guidance. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) Device according to claim 9, wherein the gear is configured in a way that during the tilting movement the swinging movement of the slide about a second axis is blocked and that the gear is configured in a way that the swinging movement and a tilting movement can at least partially occur at the same time. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) Device according to claim 1, wherein the housing comprises an opening through which the slide extends in the operating position. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) Device according to claim 11, wherein the slide and a Rd element are in a mechanical operative connection and during the movement from the rest position into the operating position the slide actuates the lid element wherein the slide comprises at least a pestle or the slide is detachably connected with the lid element in a form or force fitting manner. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) Device according to claim 11, wherein a protecting membrane is intended which sealingly closes the free space between the opening in the housing and the slide in order to avoid the penetration of dirt particles or moisture into the housing. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) Device according to claim 11, wherein the opening comprises a collar element at which the lid element rests when the slide is in the rest position, and wherein the collar element is configured from an elastic material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) Device according to claim 11, wherein a lid element is intended that closes the opening in the rest position of the slide, wherein the lid element is pivotably or detachably mounted at the housing via a swivel joint or form fittingly or force fittingly. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) Method for mounting of a device according to claim 1 for the acceptance of a camera a housing in which a slide is movably accepted at which the camera can be assembled, wherein the housing covers at least a first and a second housing part, wherein the slide can be driven by the gear, which gear comprises the arm which is pivotably mounted about the first axis at the housing and which is in a mechanic operating connection with the rocking element which is pivotably mounted at the housing about the second axis, wherein each of the first axis and the second axis is fixedly attached to the housing wherein the slide is pivotably mounted about the third axis at the rocking element wherein the rocking element comprises the steering guidance which interacts with the steering element of the arm in order to move the rocking element about the second axis and the slide about the third axis wherein the steering guidance is performed S-like, wherein the movement of the slide between the rest position and the operating position is at least partially determined by the housing guidance of the housing, and wherein the mounting comprises the following steps: in a first step the gear and the slide are guided in a first mounting direction towards the inside of the first housing part and are assembled at the inside of the first housing part; and in a second step the second housing part is guided in the first mounting direction to the first housing part and is assembled with the first housing part in a way that a swinging or tilting movement of the slide can be performed between the rest position and the operating position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) Method according to claim 16, wherein the first and the second step are performed sequentially or that the first and the second step are performed at least partially at the same time. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) Method according to claim 16, wherein in a third step a housing lid is assembled at the first or the second housing part. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) Method according to claim 16, wherein a protecting membrane is assembled at the slide wherein the protecting membrane is assembled between the housing lid and at least one of both housing parts.