US Patent Issued to MAGNA ELECTRONICS on March 11 for "Vehicular vision system with windshield mounted camera" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,657, issued on March 11, was assigned to MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular vision system with windshield mounted camera" was invented by Ove J. Salomonsson (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Christopher L. Van Dan Elzen (Rochester, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular vision system includes a camera module configured for mounting at an in-cabin portion of a windshield of a vehicle and including a circuit board and a camera that views forward of the vehicle and through the windshield. The camera includes a CMOS imaging sensor array. A flexible coupling is provided between the camera and the circuit board...