Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicular camera with lens defogging feature
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Application No.: US18357221Application Date: 2023-07-24
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Publication No.: US12316934B2Publication Date: 2025-05-27
- Inventor: Zhongyao Liu , Yuesheng Lu , 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: H04N7/18
- IPC: H04N7/18 ; B60R11/04 ; B60S1/02 ; H04N23/51 ; H04N23/52 ; H04N23/55 ; H04N23/54

Abstract:
A vehicular camera includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion, with the front housing portion including a lens accommodated by a lens barrel. A heating device is disposed at an outermost lens element of the lens. The heating device includes a heating element and electrically conductive elements that extend along the lens barrel for electrical connection to circuitry at a printed circuit board. The electrically conductive elements are disposed along respective channels established along the inner surface of the lens holder. An outer end of each of the electrically conductive elements is disposed at and in contact with the heating element. When powered, the heating element heats the outermost lens element. 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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230370705A1 VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH LENS DEFOGGING FEATURE Public/Granted day:2023-11-16
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