ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,628, issued on March 17, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Image capturing unit" was invented by Yasutaka Matsumoto (Tokyo), Yoshiyuki Hashimoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuhiro Abe (Tokyo), Kiyohiko Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Wataru Takahashi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing unit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a camera, a bracket, a heat-dissipation part, and a coupling part. The camera is housed in a metal case. The bracket is formed of resin and configured to support the camera. The heat-dissipation part is disposed on a rear sid...