US 12,250,799 B2
Imaging device
Yasutaka Matsumoto, Tokyo (JP); Makoto Saito, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshihisa Shimazu, Kanagawa (JP); and Keiichi Ujita, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Automotive System Co., Ltd., Kanagawa (JP)
Filed on Dec. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/526,674.
Application 18/526,674 is a continuation of application No. 17/743,981, filed on May 13, 2022, granted, now 11,877,430.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-086420 (JP), filed on May 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0107725 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H05K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01)
CPC H05K 9/0009 (2013.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicular imaging device configured to be mounted on a vehicle, the vehicular imaging device comprising:
a lens barrel including a lens;
a first circuit board having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, an imaging element disposed on the first surface of the first circuit board;
a second circuit board having a third surface and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, at least part of the second circuit board overlapping the first circuit board, the second circuit board electrically connected with the first circuit board via a curved member;
a first case including a supporting portion supporting the lens barrel, a first side wall portion extending from the supporting portion and having a first inner surface, a second side wall portion extending from the supporting portion and having a second inner surface, a third side wall portion extending from the supporting portion and having a third inner surface, and a fourth side wall portion extending from the supporting portion and having a fourth inner surface, at least part of the first circuit board and at least part of the second circuit board being between the first inner surface of the first side wall portion and the third inner surface of the third side wall portion, and at least part of the first circuit board and at least part of the second circuit board being between the second inner surface of the second side wall portion and the fourth inner surface of the fourth side wall portion;
a second case located at a first end portion of the first side wall portion of the first case, a second end portion of the second side wall portion of the first case, a third end portion of the third side wall portion of the first case, and a fourth end portion of the fourth side wall portion of the first case, the at least part of the first circuit board and the at least part of the second circuit board being between the supporting portion of the first case and the second case;
an output mechanism configured to output a signal output from the imaging element; and
an electrically connecting member disposed between the second surface of the first circuit board and the third surface of the second circuit board,
wherein
a first part of the electrically connecting member contacts with the second surface of the first circuit board,
a second part of the electrically connecting member contacts with the third surface of the second circuit board,
the electrically connecting member has elasticity in at least one direction, the at least one direction being a first direction extending from the first circuit board towards the second circuit board or a second direction extending from the second circuit board towards the first circuit board, and
the electrically connecting member electrically connects the first circuit board with the second circuit board via the first part of the electrically connecting member and the second part of the electrically connecting member.