Camera with a housing, a circuit board and a hood-like, resilient retaining element, motor vehicle and method for assembling a camera

A method for assembling a camera, comprising:

• retaining a first circuit board of the camera by a retaining element of the camera in a housing of the camera;
• in passing the retaining element and the housing into each other, causing a first retaining flap and a second retaining flap of the retaining element to spring in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of a base of the housing;
• and
• engaging opposing border sides of the first circuit board by the resilient retaining flaps,
• wherein the first retaining flap is pressed to a first border side of the first circuit board by an inner side of a first sidewall of the housing in perpendicular direction to the longitudinal axis in this passing into each other, and the second retaining flap is pressed to a second border side of the first circuit board by an inner side of a second sidewall of the housing in perpendicular direction to the longitudinal axis in this passing into each other,
• wherein the respective retaining flap has a coupling tongue in a coupling area of a second retaining flap part of the respective retaining flap for coupling to the first circuit board, and
• wherein a second retaining flap part of the respective retaining flap has a continuous recess for the arrangement of a second circuit board of the camera in an area between a transition from a first retaining flap part of the respective retaining flap to the second retaining flap part and the coupling tongue of the respective retaining flap.