ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,282, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive System Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Vehicular camera" was invented by Ken Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kazufumi Takeshita (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular camera includes a lens unit, a circuit board, an imaging element, a plurality of electronic components disposed on first and second surfaces of the circuit board, a circuit board connector connection portion disposed on the second surface of the circuit board, a housing including a second tubular portion that accommodates at least the circuit board and the imaging element, a metallic first planar member...