Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle comprising a driver cab and a monitoring device for monitoring a front dead angle area and monitoring device for such vehicle
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Application No.: US17050707Application Date: 2018-05-03
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Publication No.: US11772574B2Publication Date: 2023-10-03
- Inventor: Nicolas Berne , Kevin Bufalo
- Applicant: Volvo Truck Corporation
- Applicant Address: SE Gothenburg
- Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
- Current Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: SE Gothenburg
- Agency: Withrow & Terranova, PLLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2018/061396 2018.05.03
- International Announcement: WO2019/210963A 2019.11.07
- Date entered country: 2020-10-26
- Main IPC: B60R11/04
- IPC: B60R11/04 ; E05F15/63 ; B62D33/06 ; G03B17/56

Abstract:
Vehicle (1) comprising a driver cab (2) and a monitoring device (15) for monitoring a front dead angle area in front of the driver cab (2), the driver cab (2) presenting a front surface (F), the monitoring device (15) comprising: —a front camera (16) having a field of view, —an arm (17) movably mounted to the driver cab (2) between a retracted position, in which said arm (17) extends along the front surface (F), and an active position in which said arm (17) is spaced apart from the front surface (F), wherein the front camera (16) is mounted to the arm (17) so that the field of view images the front dead angle area when the arm (17) is in the active position.
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