US 12,221,039 B2
Camera assembly for motor vehicles and method for assembling it
Daniel Abad Garcia, Barcelona (ES); and Ariadna Soto, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to FICOSA ADAS, S.L.U., Barcelona (ES)
Filed by FICOSA ADAS, S.L.U., Barcelona (ES)
Filed on Mar. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/198,778.
Claims priority of application No. 20382176 (EP), filed on Mar. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0284081 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 23/52 (2023.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)
CPC B60R 11/04 (2013.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera assembly for a motor vehicle, the camera assembly comprising:
a housing having at least one opening for receiving a connector-adapter, wherein the housing comprises a first housing part and a second housing part;
an image sensor being attached to an electronics carrier that is provided within the housing; and
an insulating member fitted within the housing defining therein at least a first chamber and a second chamber, the insulating member being arranged such that the electronics carrier is intersected by the insulating member preventing matter from passing from the first chamber to the second chamber,
wherein the electronics carrier is positioned such that at least one opening for receiving the connector-adapter is in the first chamber and the image sensor is positioned in the second chamber,
wherein the insulating member fits, surrounds, and wraps a cross sectional portion of the electronics carrier leaving no gaps between the insulating member and the electronics carrier; and
wherein the insulating member includes a first layer positioned in the first housing part and a second layer positioned in the second housing part that is different from the first layer, wherein, in use, the electronics carrier is sandwiched between the first layer and the second layer.