ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,114, issued on April 21, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Vehicular camera" was invented by Ken Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan), Shingo Kameyama (Hyogo, Japan) and Kazuhiro Abe (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vehicular camera. A first layer of a planar member includes a fifth surface opposite to a third surface in the second region. The fifth surface of the first layer of the planar member is fixed to a first flange surface of a flange portion of a lens unit, and is fixed to an end portion of a second tubular portion of a housing. A second-layer end surfac...