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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2024
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A vehicular camera includes a lens unit including a first cylindrical portion, lens disposed inside the first cylindrical portion, and a flange portion disposed outside the first cylindrical portion to extend outward with respect to an optical axis of the lens, a circuit board, an image capturing element disposed on the optical axis of the lens, a housing including a second tubular portion, and accommodating the circuit board and the image capturing element inside the second tubular portion, and a ring member welded to the flange portion of the lens unit and the second tubular portion of the housing. The welding rib includes a first portion and a second portion, and a first height at which the first portion protrudes from the flange portion along an optical axis direction is different from a second height at which the second portion.