Patent ID: 11968435
Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method of manufacturing a camera assembly, the method comprising:
assembling a sensor subassembly by fixing a circuit board to a rear housing, the circuit board comprising an imager and one or more infrared (IR) emitters, the assembling the sensor subassembly comprising:
disposing the circuit board onto mounting formations of the rear housing;
engaging one or more retention formations of the rear housing; and
causing an interface of the circuit board to be aligned with a connector receptacle of the rear housing;

assembling an optical subassembly that comprises a lens holder, a lens fixed to the lens holder, and an IR transmitting material, the lens holder functioning as a front housing configured to mate to the rear housing, the assembling the optical subassembly performed without aligning the lens to the lens holder;
applying an ultraviolet (UV) adhesive to a mating interface between the lens holder and the rear housing, the mating interface being between interface surfaces of the rear housing and the lens holder that oppose each other;
aligning, via an alignment and focusing jig that adjusts a relative position between the optical subassembly and the sensor subassembly, the optical subassembly to the sensor subassembly for focusing light from the lens on the imager and for allowing light from the IR emitters to transmit through the IR transmitting material and into an environment of the camera assembly; and
curing the UV adhesive for fixing the optical subassembly to the sensor subassembly at the mating interface.