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Device for holding a camera having four joints

US9725049B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 9, 2013
Grant dateAug 8, 2017
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Expiry dateDec 4, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB60R2300/806
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for holding a camera, which serves in particular as a parking assistance in a vehicle, said device having a housing (10) in which a carriage (20), to which said camera can be secured, is movably accommodated, wherein said carriage (20) can be driven by a gear system (30). The gear system (30) has a first swiveling element (31) and a second swiveling element (32) which are connected to the carriage (20) in an articulated matter, and each swiveling element (31, 32) is rotatably mounted on the housing (10) in such a way and the carriage (20) is rotatably mounted on each swiveling element (31, 32) in such a way that the carriage (20), between a resting position (A) and an operating position (B), carries out at least a first movement phase (I) and a second movement phase (II).

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