Patent ID: 8482664

Claim:
A camera for mounting on a vehicle, comprising: a front housing member, wherein the front housing member has a front housing member interior surface that has a front housing member coating of electrically conductive material thereon; a lens member mounted to the front housing member; an imaging element that is positioned to receive images from the lens member; a circuit board configured to send to another component signals relating to images received by the imaging element; a rear housing member, wherein the rear housing member has a rear housing member interior surface that has a rear housing member coating of electrically conductive material thereon, wherein the front housing member and the rear housing member are sized to mate together with an interference fit such that the front housing member coating and the rear housing member coating are engaged with each other, wherein one of the front and rear housing member coatings is electrically connectable to ground; wherein said lens member is threadedly attached at said front housing member via threads, and wherein one of the front housing member and the lens member includes a plurality of engagement ribs that engage the other of the front housing member and the lens member in an interference fit; and wherein said plurality of engagement ribs are separate and distinct from said threads and wherein said plurality of engagement ribs are axially disposed and spaced circumferentially around said one of the front housing member and the lens member.