# US 10,768,306 B2 · Lens device for an optoelectronic sensor of a motor vehicle comprising a securing unit, optoelectronic sensor, motor vehicle and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,306 B2 - Document ID: US10768306B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/559,931 - Filed: 2016-03-15 - Published: 2018-05-24 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-03-20 - Assignees: Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH - Applicants: VALEO Schalter und Sensoren GmbH - Inventors: Gerald List; Werner Hartmann; Peter Horvath - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768306B2 ## CPC - G01S 17/931: of land vehicles - G01S 7/4813: {Housing arrangements} - G01S 7/4816: {of receivers alone} - G02B 7/026: {using retaining rings or springs (G02B7/027 takes precedence)} - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract The invention relates to a lens apparatus (6) for an optoelectronic sensor (1) of a motor vehicle, comprising a reception lens (8), comprising a support device (9), on which a rear side (10) of the reception lens (8) rests in parts, and comprising a fastening device (12), by means of which the reception lens (8) is held on the support device (9) with a spring force that acts in a first direction (z), wherein the fastening device (12) has a holding frame (15), which surrounds the reception lens (8) at least in parts, and at least one spring element (16), which supports the reception lens (8) in relation to the holding frame (15) in at least one second direction (x, y) that differs from the first direction (z). ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lens apparatus for an optoelectronic sensor of a motor vehicle, comprising: a reception lens, comprising a support device, on which a rear side of the reception lens rests in parts, and comprising a fastening device, by which the reception lens is held on the support device with a spring force that acts in a first direction, wherein the fastening device has a holding frame, which circumferentially surrounds the reception lens in a predetermined lateral region and shields the predetermined lateral region from optical radiation, and at least one spring element, which supports the reception lens in relation to the holding frame in at least one second direction that differs from the first direction, wherein the reception lens is supported in relation to the holding frame along a third direction different from both the first direction and the at least one second direction by the at least one spring element, and wherein the at least one second direction and the third direction extend perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lens apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the at least one spring element provides the spring force acting in the first direction for holding the reception lens on the support device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lens apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the support device has a holding element and the fastening device has a fastening element that corresponds to the holding element, wherein the reception lens is held on the support device by an interaction of the holding element with the fastening element in the first direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The lens apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the spring element and/or the holding frame comprises the fastening element. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The lens apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the fastening device has a spring wire, wherein at least a first region of the spring wire forms the at least one spring element. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The lens apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding frame has at least one recess, in which at least a second region of the spring wire is arranged in such a way that the latter is held on the holding frame in the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The lens apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the holding frame has an integral embodiment with the at least one spring element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) An optoelectronic sensor for a motor vehicle, comprising a lens apparatus according to claim 1. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The optoelectronic sensor according to claim 8, wherein the optoelectronic sensor is embodied as a LIDAR sensor or as a laser scanner. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A motor vehicle comprising an optoelectronic sensor according to claim 8. ### Claim 11 A method for assembling a lens apparatus for an optoelectronic sensor of a motor vehicle, comprising: arranging a reception lens on a support device in such a way that a rear side of the reception lens rests thereon in parts; and arranging a fastening device on the reception lens in such a way that the reception lens is held on the support device with a spring force that acts in a first direction, wherein the fastening device has a holding frame, which circumferentially surrounds the reception lens in a predetermined lateral region and shields the predetermined lateral region from optical radiation, and at least one spring element, by which the reception lens is supported in relation to the holding frame in at least one second direction that differs from the first direction, wherein the reception lens is supported in relation to the holding frame along a third direction different from both the first direction and the at least one second direction by means of the at least one spring element, and wherein the at least one second direction and the third direction are perpendicular to the first direction.