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公开(公告)号：US20220217257A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-07
申请号：US17656442
申请日：2022-03-25
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jonathan D. Conger
Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a front housing portion, a first circuit board having an imager, a second circuit board in board-to-board electrical connection with the first circuit board, and a rear housing portion having a connector for electrically connecting to an electrical connection of a wire harness of a vehicle. The rear housing portion joined with the front housing portion forms a camera housing. The connector of the rear housing portion includes a multi-pin connector having at least three terminals that, with the rear housing portion joined with the front housing portion, electrically connect to respective terminals of the electrical connector at the second circuit board. An electrically conductive metallic shield element is disposed at the rear housing portion and contacts the electrical connector at the second circuit board. The vehicular camera is configured to be mounted at a rear portion of the vehicle and viewing rearward of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US11325541B2
公开(公告)日：2022-05-10
申请号：US17247699
申请日：2020-12-21
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jamie A. Mleczko , Jonathan D. Conger , Steven V. Byrne
Abstract: A method for assembling a vehicular camera includes providing a housing a circuit element. A first housing portion includes a lens holder and a second housing portion includes a connector portion configured for connecting to wiring of a vehicle. A plurality of electrical connector elements are disposed at the connector portion of the second housing portion, each having (i) a first end portion configured for electrically connecting to circuitry of the circuit element and (ii) a second end portion configured for electrically connecting to the vehicle wiring. The first end portions have a thickness that is less than a thickness of the second end portions. When mating the first and second housing portions, the first end portions engage with the circuitry of the circuit element and the electrical connector elements flex as the first end portions engage the circuitry and make electrical connection with the circuitry.
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公开(公告)号：US11267408B2
公开(公告)日：2022-03-08
申请号：US17249122
申请日：2021-02-22
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Jonathan D. Conger , Nazar F. Bally
Abstract: A vehicular camera assembly includes a front housing portion accommodating a lens, a circuit board having a connecting element, and an electrical connector. The rear housing portion includes a rear attachment portion that has an aperture therethrough. The electrical connector electrically connects a wire harness of the vehicle to the connecting element of the circuit board. The electrical connector includes an electrically conductive element that is electrically conductively connected to a coaxial or shielded wire connecting element of the electrical connector. The rear housing portion includes an electrically conductive element that protrudes through the aperture. As the electrical connector is attached at the rear attachment portion, the electrically conductive element of the rear housing portion engages the electrically conductive element of the electrical connector to establish and maintain electrically conductive connection between the electrically conductive elements.
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公开(公告)号：US20220007492A1
公开(公告)日：2022-01-06
申请号：US17448059
申请日：2021-09-20
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Yuesheng Lu , Rene Dreiocker , Jonathan D. Conger
Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a front camera housing portion having an imager, a lens having a plurality of optical elements, and an imager printed circuit board. The imager is disposed at a front side of the imager printed circuit board and the lens is optically aligned with the imager. A rear camera housing portion is mated with the front camera housing portion to form a camera housing. A thermal element is disposed between the imager printed circuit board and the camera housing. The thermal element has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of 13 ppm/° C. or less. With the vehicular camera module disposed at a vehicle, circuitry of the vehicular camera module is in electrical connection with a wire harness of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20210218867A1
公开(公告)日：2021-07-15
申请号：US17301174
申请日：2021-03-29
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jamie A. Mleczko , Jonathan D. Conger , Steven V. Byrne , Yuesheng Lu
Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a metal front housing, a printed circuit board housed by the metal front housing, a lens holder disposed at the metal front housing with the lens aligned with an imager at the printed circuit board, a metal rear housing joined with the metal front housing, and a coaxial connecting element. With the metal rear housing joined with the metal front housing, an inward-extending portion of the coaxial connecting element extends inward of the metal rear housing towards the metal front housing and electrically connects with circuitry at the printed circuit board. With the metal rear housing joined with the metal front housing, a plurality of spring tabs make, via spring contact, an electrical connection between the circuitry at the printed circuit board and the metal rear housing. An outward-extending portion of the coaxial connecting element is configured for coaxial electrical connection to a vehicle connector.
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公开(公告)号：US10926714B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-23
申请号：US16185089
申请日：2018-11-09
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Jonathan D. Conger , Nazar F. Bally
Abstract: A vehicular camera assembly includes a front housing portion accommodating a lens, a circuit board having an imager and an electrical connecting element at opposite sides thereof, a rear housing portion and an electrical connector. The rear housing portion includes a rear attachment portion that has an aperture therethrough. The electrical connector electrically connects a wire of the vehicle to the electrical connecting element of the circuit board. The electrical connector includes an electrically conductive element that is electrically conductively connected to an outer ground contact of the connector. The rear housing portion includes a shield element having flexible tabs that protrude through the aperture. As the electrical connector is attached at the rear attachment portion, the shield element tabs engage the electrically conductive element to establish and maintain electrically conductive connection between the shield element and the electrically conductive element and the outer ground contact of the connector.
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公开(公告)号：US10911647B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-02
申请号：US16680658
申请日：2019-11-12
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Jonathan D. Conger
Abstract: A vehicular camera is configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes a lens holder having a lens barrel accommodating a lens, a circuit board, and an imager disposed at a first side of a circuit board substrate. The circuit board substrate has a CTE that is different from the CTE of the lens holder. The circuit board substrate is attached at support posts extending from the support structure, with the support posts configured to flex in a radial direction toward or away from the longitudinal axis of the lens barrel. With the vehicular camera disposed at the vehicle, radial flexing of the support posts accommodates temperature-driven expansion or contraction of the lens holder relative to the circuit board substrate without flexing the circuit board substrate
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公开(公告)号：US20200382682A1
公开(公告)日：2020-12-03
申请号：US16947775
申请日：2020-08-17
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Yuesheng Lu , Jonathan D. Conger , Rene Dreiocker
Abstract: A camera module for a vehicular vision system includes a front camera housing having a housing portion and a cylindrical lens barrel extending from the housing portion and accommodating a lens. An imager printed circuit board is attached at the front camera housing portion. With the imager printed circuit board attached at the front camera housing, the imager is optically aligned with an optical axis of the lens. A rear camera housing portion is mated with the housing portion of the front camera housing so as to encase the imager printed circuit board in the camera module. The housing portion of the front camera housing includes mounting structure configured to mount the camera module at a vehicle. The lens barrel includes a material having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion as compared to the material of the front camera housing.
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公开(公告)号：US10855890B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-01
申请号：US16165204
申请日：2018-10-19
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Jamie A Mleczko , Steven V. Byrne , Jonathan D. Conger , Rene Dreiocker , Rainer Strey
Abstract: A camera module for a vehicular vision system includes a lens barrel having a plurality of optical elements accommodated therein, a front camera housing portion that accommodates at least one printed circuit board therein, and a rear camera housing portion mated with the front camera housing. The imager is optically aligned with an optical axis of the optical elements. A heat transfer element is disposed between and in thermal conductive contact with a thermoelectric device and the printed circuit board. Circuitry of the camera module is electrically connected to the imager and the thermoelectric device and is electrically connected to electrical connecting elements that electrically connect to a wire harness of a vehicle when the camera module is disposed at the vehicle. The thermoelectric device is electrically powered to draw heat from the imager printed circuit board to the rear camera housing portion.
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公开(公告)号：US20200154020A1
公开(公告)日：2020-05-14
申请号：US16680658
申请日：2019-11-12
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Jonathan D. Conger
Abstract: A vehicular camera is configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle. The camera includes a lens holder having a lens barrel accommodating a lens, a circuit board, and an imager disposed at a first side of a circuit board substrate. The circuit board substrate has a CTE that is different from the CTE of the lens holder. The circuit board substrate is attached at support posts extending from the support structure, with the support posts configured to flex in a radial direction toward or away from the longitudinal axis of the lens barrel. With the vehicular camera disposed at the vehicle, radial flexing of the support posts accommodates temperature-driven expansion or contraction of the lens holder relative to the circuit board substrate without flexing the circuit board substrate
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