ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,890, issued on April 14, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Lens unit and in-vehicle camera" was invented by Yasushi Kato (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens unit includes: a lens group in which a plurality of lenses are aligned along an optical axis of the lenses; a lens barrel that integrally supports the lens group; an intermediate ring; and an elastic member having an annular shape and provided between the lens and the intermediate ring, the lens being adjacent to the elastic member in the optical axis direction, and including a recess having an annular shape, the elastic member is provided in a compres...