ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,682, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Vehicular camera" was invented by Ken Nakamura (Kanagawa, Japan), Koyo Usami (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuhiro Abe (Tokyo) and Masayuki Yoshie (Aichi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular camera includes a circuit board accommodated in a housing and a metal shield. The circuit board includes a first component disposed on a second surface and having a first height and a second component disposed on the second surface and having a second height smaller than the first height. The first component is disposed in a position opposite to a...