Patent ID: 9749509
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: G03B,H04N

Claim:
1. A camera assembly for a vision system of a vehicle, said camera assembly comprising: an imager disposed at a circuit element, said imager comprising a pixelated imaging array having a plurality of photosensing elements; a lens; a lens holder comprising a barrel portion that houses said lens; wherein said lens holder is positioned relative to an image plane of said imager; wherein said lens holder comprises a flange protruding outward from said barrel portion; wherein said flange comprises an angled surface portion that faces said image plane of said imager, and wherein said flange comprises a planar surface portion that protrudes from said angled surface portion; wherein said planar surface portion of said flange of said lens holder comprises a flat structure that has a planar surface that resides in a structure plane that is normal to an axis of said barrel portion; and wherein said lens holder is positioned relative to said image plane of said imager such that said planar surface of said planar surface portion is parallel to said image plane of said imager and such that said planar surface is a predetermined distance from said image plane, thereby positioning said lens at a predetermined location relative to said image plane of said imager.