CAMERA MODULE FOR VEHICLE

• US 20140300742A1
• Filed: 09/04/2012
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Innotek Company Limited (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Han, Sang Yeal
• Application Number:
  US14/358,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20140300742A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/004 outside the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

A camera module is provided, the camera module including a camera module body (110) for installing an image sensor therein, a cover member (120) coupled to an upper side of the camera module body (110), and a fixing unit (130) integrally formed with the cover member (120) to fix the cover member and the camera module body to the vehicle.

Claims

1. A camera module for vehicle, the camera module comprising:

a camera module body for installing an image sensor therein;

a cover member coupled to an upper side of the camera module body; and

a fixing unit integrally formed with the cover member to fix the cover member and the camera module body to the vehicle.

2. The camera module of claim 1, wherein the fixing unit is a screw through hole coupled by a fixing screw.

3. The camera module of claim 1, wherein a pair of fixing units is provided across the cover member .

4. The camera module of claim 1, wherein the cover member and the fixing unit are injection-molded with resin material.

5. The camera module of claim 1, wherein the cover member is installed at an approximate center with a lens.

6. The camera module of claim 1, wherein the camera module body and the cover member are formed with same material

7. The camera module of claim 1, wherein the camera module body and the cover member are formed with different materials.

8. The camera module of claim 1, wherein the camera module body and the cover member are coupled by press-fitting.

9. The camera module of claim 1, wherein the camera module body and the cover member are adhesively coupled by an adhesive.

10. The camera module of claim 1, wherein each of the camera module body and the cover member takes any one shape of a cylindrical form and a rectangular parallelepiped.

11. The camera module of claim 1, wherein the cover member includes a tapered slope (inclined plane) from an uppermost surface, and a lateral surface connected to the slope to be in parallel with an optical axis of the image sensor.

12. The camera module of claim 11, wherein the slope is symmetrically arranged about the optical axis.

13. The camera module of claim 12, wherein the fixing unit is arranged at a position not interfering with the slope.

14. The camera module of claim 13, wherein the fixing unit is formed at a lateral wall.

15. The camera module of claim 13, wherein the fixing unit includes a head accommodation unit supported by a screw head of the fixing screw.