ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,703, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Vehicular camera module" was invented by Rene Dreiocker (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Steven V. Byrne (Goodrich, Mich.), Jonathan D. Conger (Huntington Woods, Mich.), Garret F. Achenbach (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Andreas Weis (Gedern, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular camera module includes a camera housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion, a lens barrel accommodating a lens, and an imager printed circuit board (PCB). The lens barrel is attached at the front housing portion and extends through an aperture of...