US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on Sept. 23 for "Vehicular camera assembly with lens barrel welded at imager housing" (Michigan, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,691, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular camera assembly with lens barrel welded at imager housing" was invented by Janie R. Harari (Boston), Rene Dreiocker (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Steven V. Byrne (Goodrich, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular camera includes a lens barrel accommodating a lens, a housing, and an imager printed circuit board. During assembly of the camera, with the lens barrel received through an alignment element and a first portion of the housing, the lens barrel is adjusted relative to the first portion of the housing and alignment element ...