Vehicular camera with lens heater with connectors
US11801795B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 16, 2021 |
| Grant date | Oct 31, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R2201/26
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.