ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,005, issued on July 1.
"Automotive camera with improved housing alignment" was invented by Patrick Young (Tuam, Ireland), Blain Prendergast (Tuam, Ireland) and Sean Mcgreevy (Tuam, Ireland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive camera (2) comprises a first housing part (5) and a lens unit (4), which is connected to the first housing part (5) at a lens opening (10) and a second housing part (8), which is connected to the first housing part (5) at a flange (6) of the first housing part (5), which surrounds the lens opening (10) forming a step structure (9) comprising four side faces (11a, 11b, 12a, 12b), which are oriented away fr...