Patent ID: 11930257
Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 16:
17. A vehicular camera assembly, the vehicular camera assembly comprising:
a camera housing comprising a front housing portion and a rear housing portion, wherein the rear housing portion joins the front housing portion;
wherein the rear housing portion comprises a connector portion configured for connecting to a vehicle wiring connector when the vehicular camera assembly is installed at a vehicle;
wherein the camera is configured to mount at a rear portion of the vehicle to view rearward of the vehicle, and wherein the camera is operable to capture image data during a reversing maneuver of the vehicle;
wherein the camera comprises (i) an imager comprising a megapixel imaging array and (ii) a lens;
a first printed circuit board disposed at the front housing portion, the first printed circuit board having a front side and a rear side separated by a thickness of the first printed circuit board;
wherein the imager is disposed at the front side of the first printed circuit board;
wherein the megapixel imaging array of the imager is aligned with the lens;
a first electrical connector disposed at the rear side of the first printed circuit board, wherein the first electrical connector comprises one selected from the group consisting of (i) a plurality of individual electrical pin-receiving socket elements and (ii) a plurality of individual electrical pin elements;
a second printed circuit board having a front side and a rear side separated by a thickness of the second printed circuit board;
a second electrical connector disposed at the front side of the second printed circuit board, wherein the second electrical connector comprises another one selected from the group consisting of (i) a plurality of individual electrical pin-receiving socket elements and (ii) a plurality of individual electrical pin elements;
wherein the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board are arranged such that the rear side of the first printed circuit board faces the front side of the second printed circuit board;
wherein board-to-board electrical connection of circuitry of the second printed circuit board to circuitry of the first printed circuit board is made via a plug-socket electrical connection electrically connecting the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector;
wherein the connector portion of the rear housing portion comprises a multi-pin connector comprising a plurality of solid terminal pins;
wherein each solid terminal pin of the plurality of solid terminal pins has a first end interior the camera housing and a second end at the connector portion and accessible from exterior the camera housing;
wherein the first ends of the solid terminal pins electrically connect to respective electrical contacts at the rear side of the second printed circuit board when the rear housing portion is joined with the front housing portion;
wherein the connector portion of the rear housing portion is configured for connecting to the vehicle wiring connector when the vehicular camera assembly is installed at the vehicle to electrically connect the second ends of the solid terminal pins to the vehicle wiring connector of the vehicle; and
wherein, with the camera mounted at the rear portion of the vehicle and the connector portion connected to the vehicle wiring connector of the vehicle, image data captured by the camera is communicated to a processor at the vehicle via LVDS data transmission.