Camera sytem and method for its manufacture,
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsNikolai Bauer, Ulrich Seger
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Abstract
A camera system for a vehicle includes: a camera housing; an imager module accommodated in the camera housing, the imager module including a carrier device, a lens accommodated in the carrier device, and an image sensor accommodated at the carrier device, an optical axis of the camera system being set by the image sensor and the lens. The image sensor makes contact with a metallic housing part of the camera housing via a heat-conducting element. The imager module is fixed in one direction perpendicular to the optical axis in the camera housing, i.e., it is braced in the radial direction and cooled axially toward the rear.
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A camera system for a vehicle, comprising:
- a camera housing;
- and
- an imager module accommodated in the camera housing, the imager module including a carrier device, a lens accommodated in the carrier device, and an image sensor accommodated at the carrier device, wherein an optical axis of the camera system is set by the image sensor and the lens, and wherein the image sensor makes contact via a heat-conducting element with a metallic housing part of the camera housing.
A method for manufacturing a camera system, comprising:
- forming an imager module from a carrier device, a lens installed in the carrier device and an image sensor attached to the carrier device, the image sensor and the lens setting an optical axis of the camera system;
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- accommodating the imager module in a camera housing and contacting with a circuit carrier, wherein the imager module is placed on a first housing part which is metallic and is pressed toward one direction perpendicularly to the optical axis by a spring device, an elastic, tension-free heat-conducting element being introduced between the image sensor and the metallic housing part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.