Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicular camera with thermal compensating means
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Application No.: US17663223Application Date: 2022-05-13
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Publication No.: US11722758B2Publication Date: 2023-08-08
- Inventor: Steven V. Byrne , Jonathan D. Conger
- 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: B60R11/04
- IPC: B60R11/04 ; H04N23/52 ; G02B7/02 ; H04N23/54 ; H04N23/55 ; B60R1/12 ; B60R11/02 ; B60R1/00 ; B60R11/00

Abstract:
A vehicular camera includes a camera housing having a first portion and a second portion joined to the first portion. The first portion of the camera housing accommodates a lens and has an attaching portion having a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE). A circuit board includes circuitry disposed at a circuit board substrate that has a second CTE that is different from the first CTE. The circuitry includes an imager. The circuit board substrate is attached at the attaching portion of the first portion of the camera housing. When the vehicular camera is operated at an operating temperature greater than 50 degrees C., the attaching portion expands a greater degree than the circuit board substrate. When the vehicular camera is operated at an operating temperature below −20 degrees C., the attaching portion contracts a greater degree than the circuit board substrate.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220272243A1 VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH THERMAL COMPENSATING MEANS Public/Granted day:2022-08-25
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