Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.

Takeshi Harada

Ken Nakamura

Kazufumi Takeshita

Yoshiki Usui

Masayuki Yoshie

Tadafumi Kurogi

Kenichi Kuwayama

Kouichi Kawamoto

A vehicular camera according to one embodiment includes a lens unit, a board, a housing, a ring member, a conductive first shield part, and a conductive second shield part. The lens unit includes a lens barrel in which a lens is arranged. The board is disposed with a sensor that converts light received through the lens into an image signal. The housing accommodates the board. The ring member includes a first opening into which the lens barrel is fitted, and connects the lens unit and the housing. The first shield part is provided to accommodate the board in the housing. The second shield part is arranged between the ring member and the board, includes a second opening having a diameter corresponding to that of the lens barrel, and is electrically connected to the first shield part. The board and the second shield part are electrically connected.

Vehicular camera

A vehicular camera includes a first shield made of metal and disposed to surround a circuit board. The first shield includes a first bottom surface portion, a second bottom surface portion disposed to be separated from the first bottom surface portion, and a connection portion connecting an entire periphery of the first bottom surface portion and an entire periphery of the second bottom surface portion. At least a first side surface portion, a second side surface portion, a third side surface portion, and a fourth side surface portion of the first shield are formed by a contiguously curved surface, and at least the first side surface portion, the second side surface portion, the third side surface portion, the fourth side surface portion, the first bottom surface portion, the connection portion, and the second bottom surface portion are formed by a contiguously curved surface.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Takeshi Harada