AIR SCOOP TO DIRECT AIRFLOW OVER CAMERA LENS

An imager assembly for a vehicle includes a base plate. An imager is disposed above the base plate. A shroud is configured to engage a top portion of the base plate. The shroud includes a tapered profile with a narrow forward end and a widened rearward end. The widened rearward end defines an apertu...

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Hauptverfasser:	KUESTER, Ulrich A, HENDRICKS, Michael G
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ACCESSORIES THEREFOR APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM CINEMATOGRAPHY CLEANING CLEANING IN GENERAL ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE ELECTRICITY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHOTOGRAPHY PHYSICS PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL TRANSPORTING VEHICLES IN GENERAL VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISEPROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:	An imager assembly for a vehicle includes a base plate. An imager is disposed above the base plate. A shroud is configured to engage a top portion of the base plate. The shroud includes a tapered profile with a narrow forward end and a widened rearward end. The widened rearward end defines an aperture that receives a lens cover in optical communication with the imager. An air scoop is disposed on a top portion of the shroud. The air scoop includes a forward mouth for receiving air and a rearward discharge that moves air across the lens cover.