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Vehicle camera with electrically conductive fastener attachment of PCB to housing

  • US 10,313,572 B2
  • Filed: 04/18/2017
  • Issued: 06/04/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vision system for a vehicle, said vision system comprising:

  • a camera configured to be disposed at a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle;

    wherein said camera comprises an imager;

    wherein said camera comprises circuitry disposed at a printed circuit board;

    wherein said printed circuit board has an electrically conductive pad disposed at an aperture through said printed circuit board, and wherein said electrically conductive pad is electrically conductively connected to circuitry of said printed circuit board;

    wherein said camera comprises a lens and a camera housing, and wherein said printed circuit board is disposed in said camera housing;

    wherein said printed circuit board is attached at said housing via an electrically conductive fastener that passes through said aperture of said printed circuit board and that engages a connector portion of said camera housing;

    wherein a head of said fastener electrically engages said electrically conductive pad at said printed circuit board and wherein an end of said fastener electrically conductively connects to an electrically conductive pin at said connector portion of said camera housing; and

    wherein said connector portion of said camera housing is configured to electrically connect to a connector of a vehicle wiring harness when said camera is disposed at the vehicle.

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