Florian Hetzer

Title: Florian Hetzer and Vehicle Camera Technology.

Introduction

Florian Hetzer is an inventor associated with Robert Bosch in Immenstadt, Germany. His patent work concerns a camera device for a vehicle, focusing on the connection between an image sensor on a printed circuit board and a lens.

Latest Patents

The supplied information identifies one patent for Hetzer: “Printed circuit board with an image sensor for a camera device for a vehicle and a method for producing a camera device.” The described method provides a printed circuit board with an image sensor, mounts an electrical contact element, aligns and fixes a lens in its housing, and brings the lens’s conductive contact region into contact with the contact element’s electrical contact surface.

The contact element includes a movable spring arm and a movable latching arm. The latching arm holds the spring arm in a first position until contact is made. A release tool applies a temporary mechanical pulse to the latching arm, releasing the spring arm’s lock during the contact step. The supplied data lists 1 patent.

Career Highlights

Hetzer’s listed work at Robert Bosch connects his inventive activity with automotive camera technology. The patent describes a mechanism for establishing electrical contact between a camera lens and a circuit board carrying an image sensor.

Collaborations

The supplied information names Johannes Fickler and Holger Braun as Hetzer’s coworkers. It does not specify their roles in the patent or describe particular collaborative contributions.

Conclusion

Florian Hetzer’s listed patent addresses a practical assembly and electrical-contact challenge in vehicle camera devices, using a spring-and-latch mechanism to connect the lens with the image-sensor circuit board.