Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bracket assembly for securing a safety equipment module to a windowpane of a vehicle
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Application No.: US16434599Application Date: 2019-06-07
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Publication No.: US11433827B2Publication Date: 2022-09-06
- Inventor: Aakash Narender Singh , Oscar Rovira , Eirini Chatzopoulou
- Applicant: Volvo Car Corporation
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
- Current Assignee: Volvo Car Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Clements Bernard Walker
- Agent Christopher L. Bernard
- Main IPC: B60R11/04
- IPC: B60R11/04 ; B60R11/00

Abstract:
An improved bracket assembly for securing a safety equipment module, such as a forward-facing camera and/or other sensor module, to the interior surface of a windshield or other windowpane of a vehicle. The bracket assembly includes a planar bracket member including an exterior surface that is adhered or otherwise affixed to the interior surface of the windowpane. The bracket member defines a port through which the safety equipment module is provided visibility to the exterior of the vehicle through the windowpane. The bracket member includes a central spring-loaded, self-orienting clip structure that is adapted to receive a corresponding post structure coupled to a top, central portion of the safety equipment module. The bracket member also includes a pair of opposed side spring-loaded retention structures that are adapted to receive corresponding post or hook structures coupled to opposed side portions of the safety equipment module.
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