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Granted Patent B2
US 12674953 · App. 18/556,182 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Imager module for a camera or a sensor

Inventors: Andreas Moehrle (Stuttgart, DE); Moritz Winkler (Waldbronn, DE); Nikolai Bauer (Moeglingen, DE)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
G02B7/02G02B27/0006H04N23/51H04N23/54
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Patent No.
US 12674953
App. No.
18/556,182
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imager module for a camera or a sensor. The imager module includes a housing, a sensor carrier which is fixedly connected to the housing and on which an imaging sensor is arranged, a lens, and a holding member using which the lens is held in place and is oriented relative to the imaging sensor. The holding member has a flat portion, which is eccentric in relation to the lens, and a flange portion which is arranged at an angle thereto, surrounds the lens only over a partial circumferential region, and is welded to the lens.

Claims (25)

1 . An imager module for a camera or a sensor, comprising:

a housing;

a sensor carrier which is fixedly connected to the housing and on which an imaging sensor is arranged;

a lens; and

a holding member which holds the lens in place and is oriented relative to the imaging sensor, wherein the holding member has a flat portion which is arranged eccentrically in relation to the lens, and a flange portion which is arranged at an angle to the flat portion, surrounds the lens only over a partial circumferential region and is welded to the lens,

wherein the housing includes a first housing part receiving the sensor carrier and a second housing part designed as a cover, the first and second housing parts being connected in a positive-locking manner, and the sensor carrier being engaged with at least one housing-side geometry in a positive-locking manner.

2 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is a multi-part housing.

3 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the flange portion is spot-welded to the lens.

4 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the flat portion of the holding member is welded to the housing and/or to the sensor carrier.

5 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member is made of metal.

6 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the holding member is made of a metal sheet.

7 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the lens has a metal contour at least in a region of the flange portion for welding to the holding member.

8 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is at least partially made of metal.

9 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor carrier is a printed circuit board and/or is connected to the housing in a positive-locking manner.

10 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing includes at least a first housing part for connection to the sensor carrier and a second housing part configured designed as a cover, wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are connected in an integrally bonded and/or positive-locking manner.

11 . The imager module according to claim 10 , wherein the second housing part configured as a cover has a recess through which the lens is passed, and wherein a seal is inserted in an annular gap between the housing part and the lens.

12 . The imager module according to claim 1 , wherein the lens has at least one optical lens element.

13 . An imager module for a camera or a sensor, comprising:

a housing;

a sensor carrier which is fixedly connected to the housing and on which an imaging sensor is arranged;

a lens; and

a holding member which holds the lens in place and is oriented relative to the imaging sensor, wherein the holding member has a flat portion which is arranged eccentrically in relation to the lens, and a flange portion which is arranged at an angle to the flat portion, surrounds the lens only over a partial circumferential region and is welded to the lens,

wherein an electrical consumer is integrated into the lens, and electrical contacting is realized in an outer circumferential region of the lens, the outer circumferential region being released by the eccentrically arranged holding member,

wherein the housing includes a first housing part receiving the sensor carrier and a second housing part designed as a cover, the first and second housing parts being connected in a positive-locking manner, and the sensor carrier being engaged with at least one housing-side geometry in a positive-locking manner.

14 . The imager module according to claim 13 , wherein the electrical consumer is a heating device.