IP Library Granted Patent US 11,246,245
Granted Patent B2
US 11,246,245 · App. 16/774,009 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Camera

Inventors: Toshinobu Hatano (Kanagawa, JP); Kazufumi Takeshita (Tokyo, JP); Ken Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Yasuyuki Goda (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,246,245
App. No.
16/774,009
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a camera, a circuit board converts light having passed through a lens into an electric signal. A connector connects the circuit board to an outside cable. A shielding conductor surrounds the circuit board. An insulating housing houses the circuit board and the shielding conductor. A connector includes inner, intermediate, and outer connectors. The inner connector includes a first outer skin conductor, and is mounted to the circuit board. The intermediate connector includes a second outer skin conductor supporting a shielding conductor, and is connected to the inner connector and the shielding conductor. The outer connector includes a third outer skin conductor, and connects an outside cable to the intermediate connector. The shielding conductor wraps the circuit board from a boundary, as a starting point, between the second outer skin conductor and the shielding conductor. The insulating housing is connected to and supported by the intermediate connector.

Claims (44)

1. A camera comprising:

a lens;

a circuit board configured to convert light that has passed through the lens into an electric signal;

a connector configured to connect the circuit board to an outside cable;

a shielding conductor surrounding the circuit board; and

an insulating housing that houses the circuit board and the shielding conductor,

wherein the connector includes:

an outer skin conductor including a first outer skin conductor, a second outer skin conductor, and a third outer skin conductor;

an inner connector having the first outer skin conductor, and mounted on the circuit board;

an intermediate connector having the second outer skin conductor that supports the shielding conductor, connected to both the inner connector and the shielding conductor; and

an outer connector having the third outer skin conductor, and the outer connector being configured to connect the outside cable to the intermediate connector,

the shielding conductor wraps the circuit board from a boundary, as a starting point, between the second outer skin conductor and the shielding conductor, and

the insulating housing is connected to and supported by the intermediate connector.

2. The camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein a support structure of the second outer skin conductor for supporting the shielding conductor is rotationally symmetric along an entirety of a periphery of the second outer skin conductor.

3. The camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the shielding conductor is connected to the second outer skin conductor on a plurality of points, on a plurality of lines, or on a plurality of surfaces at intervals along a periphery of the second outer skin conductor.

4. The camera according to claim 3 ,

wherein the shielding conductor is connected to the second outer skin conductor on the plurality of points, on the plurality of lines, or on the plurality of surfaces at equal intervals along an entirety of the periphery of the second outer skin conductor.

5. The camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the shielding conductor is connected to the second outer skin conductor on one line or one surface along an entirety of a periphery of the second outer skin conductor.

6. The camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inner connector and the intermediate connector are connected to each other on a plurality of points, on a plurality of lines, or on a plurality of surfaces at intervals along a periphery of the outer skin conductor, and

the intermediate connector and the outer connector are connected to each other on a plurality of points, on a plurality of lines, or on a plurality of surfaces at intervals along the periphery of the outer skin conductor.

7. The camera according to claim 6 ,

wherein the inner connector and the intermediate connector are connected to each other on the plurality of points, on the plurality of lines, or on the plurality of surfaces at equal intervals along an entirety of the periphery of the outer skin conductor, and

the intermediate connector and the outer connector are connected to each other on the plurality of points, on the plurality of lines, or on the plurality of surfaces at equal intervals along the entirety of the periphery of the outer skin conductor.

8. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of sub-shielding conductors combined with each other, each of the plurality of sub-shielding conductors extending toward the lens from the boundary as a starting point,

wherein two adjacent sub-shielding conductors of the plurality of sub-shielding conductors are connected to each other on a plurality of points, on one or more lines, or on one or more surfaces.

9. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more elastic electric conductors provided between the circuit board and the shielding conductor, and connecting the circuit board to the shielding conductor by point connection, line connection, or face connection.

10. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising one or more elastic heat conductors provided between the circuit board and the shielding conductor, and connecting the circuit board to the shielding conductor by face connection.

11. The camera according to claim 1 ,

wherein the shielding conductor and the second outer skin conductor are unitarily formed continuously.

12. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising a second shielding conductor disposed to be overlapped to an outer side of the shielding conductor inside the insulating housing,

wherein the second shielding conductor is connected to the second outer skin conductor on a plurality of points, on one or more lines, or on one or more surfaces along an entirety of a periphery the second outer skin conductor, and

the second shielding conductor wraps the circuit board from a boundary, as a starting point, where the second outer skin conductor and the second shielding conductor are brought into contact with each other.

13. The camera according to claim 12 ,

wherein a support structure of the second outer skin conductor for supporting the second shielding conductor is rotationally symmetric along the entirety of the periphery of the second outer skin conductor.

14. The camera according to claim 1 , further comprising a second shielding conductor disposed to be overlapped to an outer side of the shielding conductor,

wherein the second shielding conductor is connected to the third outer skin conductor on a plurality of points, on one or more lines, or on one or more surfaces along an entirety of a periphery of the third outer skin conductor,

the second shielding conductor wraps the circuit board from a boundary, as a starting point, where the third outer skin conductor and the second shielding conductor are brought into contact with each other, and

the insulating housing is disposed between the shielding conductor and the second shielding conductor.

15. The camera according to claim 14 ,

wherein a support structure of the third outer skin conductor for supporting the second shielding conductor is rotationally symmetric along the entirety of the periphery of the third outer skin conductor.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 30, 2020
From: HATANO, TOSHINOBU; TAKESHITA, KAZUFUMI; NAKAMURA, KEN; GODA, YASUYUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052254/0576 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-201102 · Oct 17, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018027022 · Jul 19, 2018
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