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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2023
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Yuesheng Lu, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular camera includes a lens barrel accommodating a lens, a lens holder having a passageway therethrough, and an imager printed circuit board (imager PCB) having an imager. The imager PCB is attached at the lens holder. An attaching portion of the lens barrel is positioned at least partially in the passageway of the lens holder with a gap between the attaching portion and the lens holder that at least partially circumscribes the attaching portion. With the attaching portion positioned at least partially in the passageway, a filler material is disposed at least partially within the gap. With the lens aligned relative to the imager, the filler material is heated via non-contact brazing to melt and flow into the gap. The melted filler material hardens upon cooling to secure the lens barrel relative to the lens holder and the imager PCB.