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US 12,575,038 B2Granted
Vehicle camera module and method of assembly
AssigneeFicosa Adas, S.L.U.
InventorDaniel Alonso Oliva
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Abstract
The electronic device comprises a housing assembly extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising a first housing part and a second housing part configured to be joined to each other through an overlap welding, and an electronics carrier received within an inner space of the housing assembly defined when the first and second housing parts are joined to each other.
Claims17
A camera module comprising:
- a housing assembly extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising a first housing part and a second housing part configured to be joined to each other;
- an electronics carrier received within an inner space of the housing assembly defined when the first housing part and second housing part are joined to each other;
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- an attaching mechanism comprising a weld joining at least a portion of the first housing part and a portion of the second housing part that are overlapped in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, wherein at least a portion of weld is arranged on an outer side surface of the second housing part and at least one of an end surface and an inner side surface of the second housing part, and wherein the electronics carrier is sandwiched between the first housing part and the second housing part.
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A method for assembling a camera module, the method comprising:
- positioning an electronics carrier inside a housing assembly that abuts at least one of a first housing part and a second housing part;
- mounting a second housing part such that the electronics carrier is sandwiched between the first housing part and second housing part;
- directing a laser beam to a region including the first housing part and second housing part;
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- rotating the housing assembly and the laser beam relative to each other about a longitudinal axis such that the laser beam forms a weld along an interface surface defined between the first housing part and second housing part that overlap relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, wherein at least a portion of the weld being arranged on an outer surface of the housing assembly, and wherein the weld is formed along an interface surface where the first housing part and second housing part are joined to each other.
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A camera module comprising:
- a housing assembly extending along a longitudinal axis and comprising a first housing part and a second housing part configured to be joined to each other;
- an electronics carrier received within an inner space of the housing assembly that is defined when the first housing part and second housing part are joined to each other;
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- a weld on an outer side surface of the first housing part and an outer side surface of the second housing part and at least one of an end surface and an inner side surface of the first housing part;
- or an outer side surface of the first housing part and at least one of an end surface or an inner side surface of the second housing part, and wherein the electronics carrier is sandwiched between an electronic connector and at least one of the first housing part or the second housing part.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.