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VEHICLE CAMERA WITH COMPLIANT COAXIAL CONNECTOR

  • US 20180098033A1
  • Filed: 10/02/2017
  • Published: 04/05/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A camera for a vision system of a vehicle, said camera comprising:

  • a lens comprising a plurality of optical elements, wherein said lens is accommodated in a lens barrel;

    a front camera housing and a rear camera housing;

    a printed circuit board, wherein an imager is disposed at said printed circuit board;

    a spring-loaded electrical connector disposed at said rear camera housing, wherein said electrical connector comprises an inner terminal and an outer terminal for connecting to respective ones of an inner contact and an outer contact at said printed circuit board;

    wherein said outer terminal circumscribes said inner terminal;

    wherein said inner and outer terminals of said electrical connector are spring-biased towards an extended state, and wherein said inner and outer terminals of said electrical connector are compressible towards a compressed state;

    wherein said lens barrel is accommodated at said front camera housing and wherein said printed circuit board is disposed at said front camera housing, and wherein said rear camera housing attaches at said front camera housing to enclose said printed circuit board within said camera with said lens optically aligned with said imager; and

    wherein, as said rear camera housing is moved toward engagement with said front camera housing, said inner and outer terminals of said electrical connector, in their extended state, engage said inner and outer contacts at said printed circuit board, and wherein, as said rear camera housing engages said front camera housing, said inner and outer terminals of said electrical connector compress towards their compressed state and, after said rear camera housing is attached at said front camera housing, are in spring-biased electrical connection with said inner and outer contacts at said printed circuit board.

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