Camera for vehicles, in particular commercial vehicles
AssigneeMekra Lang GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsWerner Lang, Peter Geissendörfer, Simon Deffner, Jens Stürzenhofecker
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Abstract
A camera for use on vehicles, in particular commercial vehicles. The camera has a housing including a first accommodation portion and a second accommodation portion, an optical element disposed within the first accommodation portion, and a digital image capturing unit provided on a circuit board. The circuit board is disposed within the second accommodation portion. The housing is formed by a first part consisting of plastic and a second part which is vapor resistant.
Claims28
A camera having an optical axis for use on vehicles comprising:
- a housing having a first accommodation portion and a second accommodation portion;
- an optical element disposed along the optical axis within the first accommodation portion;
- and
- a digital image capturing unit provided on a circuit board, the digital image capturing unit disposed along the optical axis and spaced from the optical element to define an optical path therebetween;
- wherein the circuit board is disposed within the second accommodation portion, and
- wherein the housing is formed from a first part consisting of plastic and a second part consisting of a vapor resistant material, the second part radially surrounding at least a portion of the optical element and the optical path in an overlapping manner about the optical axis in an axial direction such that penetration of vapor into the optical path disposed between the optical element and the digital image capturing unit is prevented.
A camera having an optical axis for use on vehicles comprising:
- a housing having a first accommodation portion and a second accommodation portion;
- an optical element disposed along the optical axis within the first accommodation portion;
- and
- a digital image capturing unit provided on a circuit board, the digital image capturing unit disposed along the optical axis and spaced from the optical element to define an optical path therebetween;
- wherein the circuit board is disposed within the second accommodation portion,
- wherein the housing is formed from a unitary first part consisting of plastic and a second part consisting of a vapor resistant material, the second part radially surrounding a portion of the optical path about the optical axis such that penetration of vapor into the optical path disposed between the optical element and the digital image capturing unit is prevented, and
- wherein the second part of the housing consisting of a vapor resistant material radially surrounds at least a portion of the optical element in an overlapping manner about the optical axis at least partly in an axial direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.