# US 2021/0344824 A1 · Vehicle-mounted camera > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0344824 A1 - Document ID: US20210344824A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/289,195 - Filed: 2019-11-08 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-11-15 - Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Toshihiro Tokito - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210344824A1 ## CPC - B60R 11/04: Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle - H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices - G03B 15/006: {Apparatus mounted on flying objects} - G03B 17/02: Bodies - G03B 30/00: Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles - H04N 23/50: Constructional details - H04N 23/51: Housings - B60R 2011/0026: {Windows, e.g. windscreen} - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) ## Abstract [SUMMARY] [OBJECT] To provide a vehicle-mounted camera capable of achieving both of miniaturization and high functionality. [MEANS FOR SOLVING] The vehicle-mounted camera includes an optical unit, a frame, a cover member, a holder, and a pair of screw members. The frame includes a front wall portion having a flat plate shape and extending along a plane orthogonal to an axis, and a pair of first through-hole portions provided to the front wall portion. The cover member includes a pair of second through-hole portions adjacent to the pair of first through-hole portions in a forward direction of the axis. The holder includes a holding portion that holds the optical unit, a pair of columnar portions that protrude in the forward direction and are inserted into the pair of first through-hole portions and the pair of second through-hole portions from a rearward direction of the axis, and a pair of screw hole portions formed toward the rearward direction from distal end portions of the pair of columnar portions. The pair of screw members fix the holder and the cover member to the frame by being inserted into the pair of second through-hole portions from the forward direction and fastened to the pair of screw hole portions. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A vehicle-mounted camera, comprising: an optical unit including a lens; a frame including a front wall portion having a flat plate shape and extending along a plane orthogonal to an axis, and a pair of first through-hole portions provided to the front wall portion; a cover member including a pair of second through-hole portions adjacent to the pair of first through-hole portions in a forward direction of the axis; a holder including a holding portion that holds the optical unit, a pair of columnar portions that protrude in the forward direction and are inserted into the pair of first through-hole portions and the pair of second through-hole portions from a rearward direction of the axis, and a pair of screw hole portions formed toward the rearward direction from distal end portions of the pair of columnar portions; and a pair of screw members that fix the holder and the cover member to the frame by being inserted into the pair of second through-hole portions from the forward direction and fastened to the pair of screw hole portions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 1, further comprising an imaging device board disposed on a back surface of the holder, the back surface facing in the rearward direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 2, wherein the imaging device board faces at least one of the pair of screw hole portions in the rearward direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 1, wherein the pair of screw hole portions do not penetrate the holder in the rearward direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 1, wherein the optical unit has an optical axis inclined with respect to the axis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 5, wherein the holder further includes a regulating surface inclined with respect to a plane orthogonal to the optical axis and regulated by a back surface of the front wall portion, the back surface facing in the rearward direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 6, wherein the regulating surface includes a pair of regulating surfaces respectively extending around rear end portions of the pair of columnar portions. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 1, wherein the cover member further includes a pair of boss portions that protrude in the direction of the axis and include the pair of second through-hole portions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 1, wherein the cover member is a resin molded product. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 1, wherein the frame is a sheet metal processed product. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The vehicle-mounted camera according to claim 1, wherein the holder is a die-cast product.