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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2008
Jun Hayakawa, Hitachinaka, JP;
Ken Ohsumi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Jun Hayakawa, Hitachinaka, JP;
Ken Ohsumi, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a vehicle camera system adapted for easy position matching of an image sensor and a lens assembly, and capable of being reduced in assembling time. After accommodation of the image sensorin a concave portionof the lens assembly, when (a) first and second protrusionsof an elastic bodyare inserted into first and second clearances, respectively, and (b) the elastic bodyis pressed from a direction of a circuit board, curved surfacesconvert the pressing direction into a force direction in which first and second datum planesof the image sensor will be positioned with respect to first and second optical datum planes, respectively, and the conversion results in first and second opposed planesof the image sensor being positioned with respect to the first and second optical datum planes, respectively, and a third datum planeof the image sensor being positioned with respect to a third optical datum planeby the force applied in the pressing direction.