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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2018
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Achim Newiger, Aschaffenburg, DE;
MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of assembling a camera for a vehicular vision system includes providing a front housing portion, a rear housing portion and a circuit element having an imager disposed thereat. One of the front housing portion and the circuit element includes a protrusion protruding therefrom and the other of the front housing portion and the circuit element includes a receiving portion for at least partially receiving the protrusion when the circuit element is positioned at the front housing portion to align the imager with the lens. When the circuit element is positioned at the front housing portion to align the imager with the lens, the protrusion is at least partially received at the receiving portion and is attached thereat. A damper or retention feature is provided at an opposite side of the imager from the protrusion and receiving portion.