Imaging unit of a camera for recording the surroundings with optics uncoupled from a circuit board
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1. An imaging unit of a camera for recording of surroundings, comprising:
- a carrier having a first exterior surface,an image sensor supported upon the first exterior surface of the carrier,a lens to display the surroundings on the image sensor,a circuit board arranged on the first exterior surface of the carrier laterally spaced apart from the image sensor,the circuit board having at least signaling and supply lines for the image sensor,a lens fastener of optically dense material forming a hollow space around the image sensor together with the carrier,the lens fastener being mounted on the carrier in an optically sealed manner, andwherein the lens fastener has a penetration, through which the circuit board extends into the hollow space, so that there is a joint between the lens fastener and the circuit board,the joint is closed with a flexible and optically dense joint material, andwherein the image sensor is electrically contacted to the signaling and supply lines using flexible electrical connections, resulting in flexible contacting between the circuit board and the image sensor.
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Abstract
An imaging unit of a camera for recording the surroundings has an image sensor with a lens for the display of the surroundings on the image sensor. The image sensor and the lens are held by a carrier. The camera additionally has a circuit hoard and at least the signal and the supply lines of the image sensor arranged on the carrier. The image sensor is mounted on a carrier substrate, which similar to the lens, is arranged on the carrier at a distance from the circuit board, and has a flexible electrical connection to the circuit board.
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1. An imaging unit of a camera for recording of surroundings, comprising:
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a carrier having a first exterior surface, an image sensor supported upon the first exterior surface of the carrier, a lens to display the surroundings on the image sensor, a circuit board arranged on the first exterior surface of the carrier laterally spaced apart from the image sensor, the circuit board having at least signaling and supply lines for the image sensor, a lens fastener of optically dense material forming a hollow space around the image sensor together with the carrier, the lens fastener being mounted on the carrier in an optically sealed manner, and wherein the lens fastener has a penetration, through which the circuit board extends into the hollow space, so that there is a joint between the lens fastener and the circuit board, the joint is closed with a flexible and optically dense joint material, and wherein the image sensor is electrically contacted to the signaling and supply lines using flexible electrical connections, resulting in flexible contacting between the circuit board and the image sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An imaging unit of a camera for recording of surroundings, comprising:
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a carrier having a first exterior surface, an image sensor supported upon the first exterior surface of the carrier, a lens to display the surroundings on the image sensor, a circuit board arranged on the first exterior surface of the carrier laterally spaced apart from the image sensor, the circuit board having at least signaling and supply lines for the image sensor, wherein the image sensor is electrically contacted to the signaling and supply lines using flexible electrical connections, resulting in flexible contacting between the circuit board and the image sensor, and further comprising a lens fastener of optically dense material forming a hollow space around the image sensor together with the carrier, the lens fastener being mounted on the carrier in an optically sealed manner, wherein the lens fastener has a fastening means extending into a recess in the first exterior surface of the carrier, and a cross sectional area of the fastening means positioned parallel to a base of the recess increases towards the base, the fastening means extends into the recess to an extent that there is an intermediate space between a base of the fastening means and the base of the recess, and a space of the recess surrounding the fastening means including said intermediate space is filled with a curable material. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An imaging unit of a camera for recording of surroundings, comprising:
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a carrier having a first exterior surface, an image sensor supported upon the first exterior surface of the carrier, a lens to display the surroundings on the image sensor, a circuit board arranged on the first exterior surface of the carrier laterally spaced apart from the image sensor, the circuit hoard having at least signaling and supply lines for the image sensor, wherein the image sensor is electrically contacted to the signaling and supply lines using flexible electrical connections, resulting in flexible contacting between the circuit board and the image sensor, and further comprising a lens fastener of optically dense material forming a hollow space around the image sensor together with the carrier, the lens fastener being mounted on the carrier in an optically sealed manner, wherein the flexible electrical connections are arranged inside the hollow space, and wherein the lens fastener has a penetration through a side wall of the lens fastener to facilitate said flexible contacting between the circuit board and the image sensor, wherein the circuit board extends through the penetration into the hollow space. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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