Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicle camera with lens heater
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Application No.: US16156160Application Date: 2018-10-10
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Publication No.: US10761319B2Publication Date: 2020-09-01
- Inventor: Pramod Kumar
- Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Auburn Hills
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; G02B27/00 ; B60R11/04 ; B60R11/00

Abstract:
A camera for a vehicular vision system includes a housing and a lens barrel including a lens. The camera is configured to be disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. A heating device is disposed at an exterior of the lens barrel. The heating device includes a thin foil heating element that at least partially circumscribes the lens barrel. The heating device includes an electrical lead that is configured to electrically connect to an electrical connector of the vehicle when the camera is disposed at the exterior portion of the vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190113743A1 VEHICLE CAMERA WITH LENS HEATER Public/Granted day:2019-04-18
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