Patent ID: 8542451

Claim:
A vehicular camera including: a lens comprising optical components; a lens barrel holding said optical components therein; an imager including an image sensor; a lens holder; wherein the lens barrel is bonded to the lens holder by a cured adhesive; wherein the adhesive is initially curable in an initial curing process that comprises exposure to UV light, and wherein the initially-cured adhesive is further curable to a further cured strength in a secondary curing process; wherein the adhesive is initially cured via the initial curing process after the lens is brought into focus with the imager and is optically center-aligned therewith; wherein the initially-cured adhesive, as cured via the initial curing process, is sufficiently strong to initially hold the lens barrel relative to the lens holder with the lens optically center-aligned with the imager; wherein, after the initial curing process, the camera is moved to the secondary curing process; wherein, when further cured via the secondary curing process, the further-cured adhesive is sufficiently strong to hold the lens barrel relative to the lens holder for use of the camera in a vehicle; and wherein the adhesive comprises an epoxy-amine adhesive.