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公开(公告)号：US20220124229A1
公开(公告)日：2022-04-21
申请号：US17646002
申请日：2021-12-27
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Yuesheng Lu , Jonathan D. Conger , Rene Dreiocker
Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes (i) a lens holder formed of a first material, (ii) a lens barrel accommodating a lens and formed of a second material, (iii) an imager printed circuit board having an imager, and (iv) a processor circuit board having an image processor. The imager printed circuit board is attached at the lens holder with the imager aligned with the lens accommodated in the lens barrel. The processor printed circuit board has circuitry that is electrically connected to circuitry of the imager printed circuit board. The coefficient of thermal expansion of the second material forming the lens barrel is lower than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the first material forming the lens holder. Circuitry of the vehicular camera module includes connecting elements that are configured to electrically connect to a wire harness of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular camera module.
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公开(公告)号：US11297215B2
公开(公告)日：2022-04-05
申请号：US17305253
申请日：2021-07-02
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jonathan D. Conger
IPC: H04N5/225 , H04N7/18 , H01R12/71 , H01R13/6582 , H01R9/05 , H01R27/02 , H01R103/00 , H01R13/24 , H01R101/00 , H01R24/50 , H01R13/6594 , H01R13/6583 , H01R13/652 , H01R13/6597
Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a front housing portion having a lens, a circuit board having circuitry established thereat, and a rear plastic housing portion having a connector for electrically connecting to a connector end of a wire harness of the vehicle when the camera is disposed at the vehicle. The rear plastic housing portion includes internal wall structure. The connector of the rear plastic housing portion includes a video signal terminal and a ground-connect terminal. An electrically conductive metallic shield element is disposed within the rear plastic housing portion and corresponds with the internal wall structure of the rear plastic housing portion. The video signal terminal is electrically connected to the circuitry of the circuit board, and the ground-connect terminal is electrically connected to the electrically conductive metallic shield element.
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公开(公告)号：US20220089102A1
公开(公告)日：2022-03-24
申请号：US17447829
申请日：2021-09-16
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Stefan Sauer , Rene Dreiocker , Steven V. Byme , Jonathan D. Conger
Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a camera housing, a lens assembly having a lens, an imager printed circuit board (imager PCB), and a heating device. The imager PCB is disposed at the camera housing and the lens is aligned with an imager disposed at the imager PCB. The heating device is disposed at at least a portion of the lens assembly and includes an electrically connecting portion having electrical contacts at an end thereof, with the electrical contacts disposed at an inner surface of the camera housing. The heating device is electrically connected to circuitry of the vehicular camera via electrical connectors that electrically connect with the electrical contacts of the electrically connecting portion of the heating device at the camera housing as the vehicular camera is assembled.
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公开(公告)号：US20210160412A1
公开(公告)日：2021-05-27
申请号：US17248628
申请日：2021-02-01
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Jonathan D. Conger
Abstract: A vehicular camera is configured to be disposed at a vehicle. The camera includes a circuit board and a lens holder having a lens barrel accommodating a lens. The circuit board has circuitry disposed at a circuit board substrate. The circuitry includes an imager disposed at a first side of the circuit board substrate. The circuit board substrate has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) that is different from the CTE of the lens holder. The circuit board substrate is attached at the structure of the lens holder via a fastener that passes through an oversized hole in the circuit board substrate, with a cross dimension of the oversized hole being greater than a corresponding cross dimension of the fastener. The vehicular camera, via movement of the fastener within the oversized hole, allows for temperature-induced expansion or contraction of the lens holder relative to the circuit board substrate.
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公开(公告)号：US20200267827A1
公开(公告)日：2020-08-20
申请号：US15929462
申请日：2020-05-04
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Yuesheng Lu , Rene Dreiocker , Jonathan D. Conger
Abstract: A camera module for a vehicular vision system includes a lens barrel accommodating a lens, a front camera housing portion having an imager PCB disposed therein, and a rear camera housing portion mated with the front camera housing. The imager PCB is disposed at the front camera housing portion with the imager optically aligned with an optical axis of the optical elements of the lens barrel. A thermal element (i) is disposed between the imager PCB and the front camera housing portion and has a coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) element of 13 ppm/° C. or less and/or (ii) has its temperature controlled via a thermoelectric device of the camera module. With the camera module disposed at the vehicle, circuitry of the camera module is in electrical connection with a wire harness of the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20200221053A1
公开(公告)日：2020-07-09
申请号：US16819742
申请日：2020-03-16
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jamie A. Mleczko , Jonathan D. Conger
IPC: H04N7/18 , H04N13/239 , H04N5/225 , B60Q9/00 , B60R11/04 , B60R1/12 , B60R1/08 , B60Q1/14 , B60N2/00
Abstract: A method of assembling a vehicular camera includes providing a front camera housing including a lens and an imager, providing a rear camera housing, and a PCB. The rear camera housing includes a spring-loaded electrical connector and the PCB has first and second electrically conductive traces. The spring-loaded electrical includes inner and outer electrically conductive terminals that are movable relative to the base portion and are spring-biased towards an extended state and are compressible towards a compressed state. The rear camera housing is moved toward engagement with the front camera housing so that the terminals, in their extended state, engage the traces. The rear camera housing is attached at the front camera housing so that the terminals compress towards their compressed state. After the rear camera housing is attached at the front camera housing, the terminals are in spring-biased electrical connection with the traces at the PCB.
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公开(公告)号：US10658774B2
公开(公告)日：2020-05-19
申请号：US16524293
申请日：2019-07-29
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jonathan D. Conger , Steven V. Byrne , Nazar F. Bally , Achim Newiger , Christian Mai
IPC: H04N7/18 , H04N5/225 , H01R12/71 , H01R9/05 , H01R27/02 , H01R24/50 , H01R13/652 , H01R13/6594 , H01R103/00 , H01R13/24 , H01R13/6583 , H01R13/6597 , H01R101/00
Abstract: A method of assembling a vehicular camera includes providing a front housing portion and a rear housing portion and attaching a circuit board at the front housing portion. A one-piece coaxial connecting element is provided at the rear housing portion. With the coaxial connecting element provided at the rear housing portion, a first coaxial cable connector extends outward from the outer side of the rear housing portion and a second coaxial cable connector extends inward from the inner side of the rear housing portion. As the rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion, the second coaxial cable connector engages the third coaxial cable connector at the circuit board to electrically connect the coaxial connecting element with circuitry at the circuit board. The first coaxial cable connector is configured to connect to a coaxial cable of a vehicle when the vehicular camera is disposed at the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US20190386413A1
公开(公告)日：2019-12-19
申请号：US16524293
申请日：2019-07-29
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jonathan D. Conger , Steven V. Byrne , Nazar F. Bally , Achim Newiger , Christian Mai
Abstract: A method of assembling a vehicular camera includes providing a front housing portion and a rear housing portion and attaching a circuit board at the front housing portion. A one-piece coaxial connecting element is provided at the rear housing portion. With the coaxial connecting element provided at the rear housing portion, a first coaxial cable connector extends outward from the outer side of the rear housing portion and a second coaxial cable connector extends inward from the inner side of the rear housing portion. As the rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion, the second coaxial cable connector engages the third coaxial cable connector at the circuit board to electrically connect the coaxial connecting element with circuitry at the circuit board. The first coaxial cable connector is configured to connect to a coaxial cable of a vehicle when the vehicular camera is disposed at the vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US10351072B2
公开(公告)日：2019-07-16
申请号：US15341047
申请日：2016-11-02
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jonathan D. Conger , Steven V. Byrne
Abstract: A camera assembly for a vision system of a vehicle includes a front housing portion having a lens, a circuit board having an imager and circuitry having an electrical connecting element, and a rear housing portion having a rear attachment portion and a mounting portion configured to attach at a vehicle. When the front housing portion is joined with the rear housing portion, the electrical connecting element of the circuit board is generally aligned with an aperture of the attachment plate and a connecting end of an electrical connector protrudes through the aperture to electrically connect with the electrical connecting element of the circuit board. A structural element of the electrical connector is attached at the attachment plate of the bracket to seal the aperture and to maintain electrical connection of the connecting end of the electrical connector with the electrical connecting element of the circuit board.
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公开(公告)号：US20190208091A1
公开(公告)日：2019-07-04
申请号：US16297790
申请日：2019-03-11
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jamie A. Mleczko , Jonathan D. Conger , Steven V. Byrne , Yuesheng Lu
CPC classification number: H04N5/2252 , B60R2300/40 , G08G1/09623 , G08G1/166 , G08G1/167 , H04N5/2253 , H04N5/2254 , H04N5/2257
Abstract: A camera module for a vehicular vision system includes a metal front housing, a lens holder and a metal rear housing. The front housing houses a printed circuit board having an imager disposed thereat. The lens holder is attached at a front portion of the housing so that a lens assembly is optically aligned with the imager. The rear housing attaches at a rear portion of the front housing and includes a connecting element for electrically connecting to circuitry at the printed circuit board when the rear housing is attached at the rear portion of the front housing. An outer portion of the connecting element is disposed in a connector portion of the rear housing so as to be electrically connectable to electrically conductive elements of a vehicle connector when the camera module is disposed at the vehicle and the vehicle connector is connected to the connector portion.
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