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Granted Patent B2
US 12,526,499 · App. 18/583,617 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Vehicular camera with attachment jig and manufacturing method for the same

Inventors: Ken Nakamura (Kanagawa, JP); Ryou Fukasawa (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
H04N23/54H04N23/57
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Patent No.
US 12,526,499
App. No.
18/583,617
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vehicular camera with an attachment jig includes a vehicular camera, and an attachment jig for attaching the vehicular camera to a vehicle body. The attachment jig is provided with a first screw hole through which a screw is able to pass, and the vehicular camera is provided with a second screw hole into which the screw is able to be screwed. The screw is configured to pass through the first screw hole and to be screwed into the second screw hole, and a thermosetting resin is present in a region between the first screw hole and the screw so as to be in contact with both the first screw hole and the screw.

Claims (11)

1 . A manufacturing method for a vehicular camera with an attachment jig, the method comprising:

temporarily fixing, by using a screw, a vehicular camera to an attachment jig for attaching the vehicular camera to a vehicle body;

adjusting an optical axis of the vehicular camera to a normal position; and

finally fixing the vehicular camera to the attachment jig by curing a thermosetting resin provided so as to be in contact with at least both the screw and a screw hole of the attachment jig, wherein

in the temporary fixing, the vehicular camera and the attachment jig are installed in an inspection jig in a state that the vehicular camera is in contact with a reference plane provided in the inspection jig, and

in the optical axis adjustment, an image is captured by the vehicular camera toward a chart facing the inspection jig, and the optical axis of the vehicular camera to be imaged on the chart is adjusted to the normal position while turning the screw.

2 . The manufacturing method for the vehicular camera with the attachment jig according to claim 1 , wherein

the screw is a spring screw having a spring, and

in the temporary fixing, the spring is in contact with a seating surface around the screw hole.

3 . The manufacturing method for the vehicular camera with the attachment jig according to claim 1 , wherein

in the temporary fixing, the thermosetting resin is disposed in the screw hole of the attachment jig.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2024
From: NAKAMURA, KEN; FUKASAWA, RYOU
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068048/0760 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-027539 · Feb 24, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240292077A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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