A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.

An electronics systems cluster includes a plurality of brackets, a plurality of electronic devices held in the plurality of brackets and an interlocking feature securing the plurality of brackets directly together into a small footprint configuration less likely to interfere with driver sight lines. A related method of reducing a footprint of an electronics systems cluster is also disclosed.

A garment rack for a vehicle. The rack includes a horizontal rod for clothes hangers. The front end of the horizontal rod is pivotally supported on the upper end of a vertical rod positioned behind the front seat of the vehicle. The upper end of the vertical rod is secured behind the headrest of the front seat, and the rear end of the horizontal rod is removably attached to the top of the headrest of the rear seat. The horizontal rod is adjustable telescopically so that, as the front or rear seat is moved forward or backward, the rod extends and retracts automatically. The height of the vertical rod also is adjustable.

A steering wheel wallet mount for positioning a wallet in easy reach of a user includes an anchoring patch and a wallet patch. The anchoring patch includes a first contact side, a receiving side, a securing mechanism, and a first wallet fastener. The wallet patch includes a second contact side, a concealed side, and a second wallet fastener. The anchoring patch is secured to the steering wheel via the securing mechanism. The first contact side of the anchoring patch presses against the steering wheel. The first wallet fastener is mounted on the receiving side of the anchoring patch and allows the wallet patch to attach thereon. The second wallet fastener is mounted onto the second contact side. Together, the first wallet fastener and the second wallet fastener attach the second contact side to the first contact side. The wallet is mounted onto the concealed side opposite the second contact side.

A storage bag for use with a tonneau cover is provided. The storage bag has a main body having at least one pocket, and at least one first fastener secured to the main body for releaseably fastening the main body to a bottom surface of a tonneau cover.

A magnetic attachment means for smartphone that includes a one single magnetic plate, a magnet casing and a metal plate. The one single magnetic plate has opposing diagonal polarities.

A camera module, which is mounted on an inside of a front windshield of a vehicle and to image an external environment of the vehicle, includes a lens unit and an imager to image the external environment by forming an optical image, which is from the external environment through the lens unit.

A method is provided for mounting a mobile communications device (404) on a substrate. In accordance with the method, a holder (401) is provided which includes (a) a back wall (407) having attaching means thereon for releasably attaching the holder to a substrate, and (b) a front wall (405) opposing said back wall. The holder is releasably mounted on an interior surface of a vehicle. The front wall has a sloped profile which extends a distance d.sub.1 from said bottom wall along said first edge as measured along a first axis perpendicular to said bottom wall and parallel to said front wall, and which extends a distance d.sub.2 from said bottom wall along said second edge as measured along a second axis perpendicular to said bottom wall and parallel to said front wall, and wherein d.sub.1<d.sub.2.

A method of attaching a vehicle-mounted camera includes assuming in advance a plurality of inclination angles as inclination angles of a glass surface, assuming in advance a plurality of positioning angles smaller in number than the plurality of inclination angles, specifying an inclination angle of the glass surface of a vehicle body to which the vehicle-mounted camera is to be attached, selecting at least one positioning angle from the assumed plurality of positioning angles and preparing a positioning member having the selected positioning angle, and fixing the vehicle-mounted camera to the glass surface of the vehicle body via the prepared positioning member.

A camera holding structure for holding a vehicle-mounted camera includes: a window separating a vehicle interior space from a vehicle exterior space; and a holding member fixed to an inner surface of the window and holding the vehicle-mounted camera. The holding member includes a fixing frame that is fixed to the inner surface of the window and a hood that protrudes from the fixing frame toward an inside of a vehicle and defines a field-of-view space of the vehicle-mounted camera on a vehicle inner side of the window. The fixing frame has an opposing surface that opposes the inner surface of the window and is attached to the inner surface of the window, the opposing surface being provided with at least one marking part that is visible from outside the vehicle.