MUMBAI, India, July 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202411096331 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group AG on December 06, 2024, for A System To Control A Cover For A Vehicle-Mounted Camera.
Inventors include Vishnu Kumar; Suresh Kumar Babu; and Rajesh Karthikeyan.
The application for the patent was published on July 24, 2026, under issue no. 30/2026.
Abstract: A system (100) for controlling a cover (104) for a vehicle-mounted camera (102) includes a cover (104) that moves between an open position, exposing the camera (102), and a closed position, covering the camera (102) and a shape memory alloy (SMA) actuator (106) connected to the cover (104), with a heating element (108) that induces temperature-based ...