Patent ID: 8480315

Claim:
A camera mounting structure for mounting an on-vehicle camera on a vehicle, said on-vehicle camera including an image pick-up module having a lens and an image pick-up device, a connector receptacle formed in said image pick-up module, a connector plug formed so as to be inserted into and extracted from said connector receptacle and a cable connected to said connector plug to send a signal obtained in the image pick-up module, said camera mourning structure comprising: a bracket portion, for mounting said on-vehicle camera, is disposed in an external facing panel component forming an external face of the vehicle, said bracket portion includes a module attaching portion to which said image pick-up module is fixed via a first snap-fit structure, and a connector attaching portion to which said connector plug is fixed via a second snap-fit structure, and said connector receptacle is securely connected to said connector plug when said image pick-up module is fixed to said module attaching portion and said connector plug is fixed to said connector attaching portion.