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公开(公告)号：US20220219622A1
公开(公告)日：2022-07-14
申请号：US17653492
申请日：2022-03-04
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Steven V. Byrne , Jonathan D. Conger , Nazar F. Bally
Abstract: A vehicular camera assembly includes a camera housing, a circuit board having an imager and a first electrical connector. A rear portion of the camera housing includes an attachment portion having an aperture, and includes a first electrically conductive element at the aperture. A second electrical connector is attached at the rear portion of the camera housing. The second electrical connector includes (i) a connector portion for connecting to a vehicle wire harness, (ii) a connecting end for connecting to the first electrical connector, and (iii) a second electrically conductive element for electrically connecting to the first electrically conductive element. As the second electrical connector is attached at the rear portion of the camera housing, the first electrically conductive element engages the second electrically conductive element to establish and maintain electrically conductive connection between the first and second electrically conductive elements.
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公开(公告)号：US11245819B2
公开(公告)日：2022-02-08
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
IPC: H04N5/225 , G08G1/16 , G08G1/0962
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：US11228697B2
公开(公告)日：2022-01-18
申请号：US17247081
申请日：2020-11-30
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Jamie A. Mleczko , Steven V. Byrne , Jonathan D. Conger , Rene Dreiocker , Rainer Strey
Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a lens barrel having a plurality of optical elements accommodated therein, a front camera housing portion, and a rear camera housing portion mated with the front camera housing to form a housing that encases an imager printed circuit board and a processor printed circuit board. A heat transfer element is disposed between and in thermal conductive contact with the imager printed circuit board and a rear wall of the rear camera housing. The heat transfer element extends through an aperture of the processor printed circuit board. Circuitry of the camera module 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. Heat generated by operation of the vehicular camera module is drawn from the imager printed circuit board to the rear camera housing portion via the heat transfer element.
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公开(公告)号：US11212429B2
公开(公告)日：2021-12-28
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：US20210258541A1
公开(公告)日：2021-08-19
申请号：US17301902
申请日：2021-04-19
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jamie A. Mleczko , Jonathan D. Conger
IPC: H04N7/18 , B60N2/00 , B60Q1/14 , B60R1/08 , B60R1/12 , B60R11/04 , B60Q9/00 , H04N5/225 , H04N13/239
Abstract: A method for assembling a vehicular camera includes providing a front camera housing, providing a rear camera housing, and providing a PCB. The rear camera housing includes a coaxial electrical connector and the PCB has inner and outer electrically conductive traces. The coaxial electrical includes inner and outer electrically conductive terminals. The rear camera housing is moved toward engagement with the front camera housing so that the terminals contact the traces. The rear camera housing is attached at the front camera housing so that the terminals remain in contact with the traces. After the rear camera housing is attached at the front camera housing, the terminals are in electrical connection with the traces at the PCB. The coaxial electrical connector includes a cable connecting end that is opposite the terminals and that is configured to electrically connect to a coaxial connector of a coaxial cable of a vehicle.
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公开(公告)号：US10986313B2
公开(公告)日：2021-04-20
申请号：US16819742
申请日：2020-03-16
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jamie A. Mleczko , Jonathan D. Conger
IPC: B60Q1/00 , H04N7/18 , B60N2/00 , B60Q1/14 , B60R1/08 , B60R1/12 , B60R11/04 , B60Q9/00 , H04N5/225 , H04N13/239
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：US20210103119A1
公开(公告)日：2021-04-08
申请号：US16948970
申请日：2020-10-08
Applicant: Magna Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Martin J. Reckker , Steven V. Byrne , Rene Dreiocker , Jonathan D. Conger , Jose Luis Zamudio Cabral , Jazmin Hortensia Gallardo Gabaldon , Robert A. Devota , Matthew C. Sesti
Abstract: A vehicular camera for a vehicular vision system includes a PCB having an imager disposed thereat, a lens barrel accommodating a lens, and a lens barrel support structure that protrudes from the PCB and at least partially circumscribes the imager. The lens barrel has an outer surface that extends between the ends of the lens barrel. The outer surface of the lens barrel is adhesively bonded to an inner surface of the lens barrel support structure via adhesive. The outer surface of the lens barrel radially opposes the inner surface of the lens barrel support structure where the adhesive is disposed. With the adhesive in its uncured state and contacting the opposed surfaces, the imager is optically aligned with the lens accommodated at the lens barrel. With the imager optically aligned with the lens, the adhesive is cured to adhesively attach the lens barrel at the lens barrel support structure.
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公开(公告)号：US10910744B2
公开(公告)日：2021-02-02
申请号：US15929699
申请日：2020-05-18
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 , H01R103/00 , H01R13/24 , H01R13/6583 , H01R13/6597 , H01R101/00 , H01R13/6594
Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a front housing portion that accommodates a lens and an imager, a circuit board disposed at the front housing portion, a rear housing portion and a coaxial connecting element at the rear housing portion. The coaxial connecting element includes a first coaxial connector portion and a second coaxial connector portion. The first coaxial connector portion extends outward from the rear housing portion and the second coaxial connector portion extends inward from the rear housing portion. The circuit board has a coaxial connector established thereat. When the rear housing portion is mated with the front housing portion, the second coaxial connector portion electrically connects to the coaxial connector to electrically connect the coaxial connecting element with circuitry at the circuit board. The first coaxial connector portion 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：US10604084B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-31
申请号：US16511092
申请日：2019-07-15
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 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：US10594982B2
公开(公告)日：2020-03-17
申请号：US16383995
申请日：2019-04-15
Applicant: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jamie A. Mleczko , Jonathan D. Conger
IPC: B60Q1/00 , H04N7/18 , B60N2/00 , B60Q1/14 , B60R1/08 , B60R1/12 , B60R11/04 , B60Q9/00 , H04N5/225 , H04N13/239
Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a front camera housing accommodating a lens and an imager, a rear camera housing, and a PCB. The PCB has first and second contacts that include respective first and second electrically conductive pads. A spring-loaded electrical connector is disposed at the rear camera housing and includes first and second terminals for connecting to respective ones of the first and second contacts at the PCB. As the rear camera housing is moved into engagement with the front camera housing, the terminals engage the contacts and compress towards a compressed state and, after the rear camera housing is attached at the front camera housing, are in spring-biased electrical connection with the contacts at the PCB. The electrical connector includes a connector end that is opposite the terminals and that is configured to electrically connect to a coaxial connector of a coaxial cable of a vehicle.
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