US 12,206,973 B2
Camera for a motor vehicle with a housing and an electrically conductive circuit board carrier separate thereto as well as method
Eanna Connolly, Tuam (IE)
Appl. No. 17/797,512
Filed by Connaught Electronics Ltd., Tuam (IE)
PCT Filed Jan. 25, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/051551
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/156080, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 102 694.3 (DE), filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109282 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/57 (2023.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/57 (2023.01) [B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G02B 7/02 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H05K 1/0215 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera for a motor vehicle, comprising:
a housing, which is formed of an electrically conductive material, with at least one circuit board, arranged in the housing; and
an electrically conductive circuit board carrier separate to the housing, which carries the circuit board and is connected to the circuit board in electrically conductive manner,
wherein the circuit board carrier is arranged in the housing and is connected to the housing in electrically conductive manner,
wherein the circuit board carrier is formed plate-like and comprises an opening into which a lens device of the camera extends,
wherein a retaining ring separate to the housing is arranged in the opening and comprises an integrated internal thread that is screwed to an external thread at the lens device.