Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical device for a vehicle comprising a heating element
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Application No.: US16442618Application Date: 2019-06-17
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Publication No.: US11385458B2Publication Date: 2022-07-12
- Inventor: Arkadiusz Rafalowski , Witold Poreda
- Applicant: Aptiv Technologies Limited
- Applicant Address: BB St. Michael
- Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
- Current Assignee Address: BB St. Michael
- Agency: Sawtooth Patent Group PLLC
- Priority: FR1855336 20180618
- Main IPC: H05K1/02
- IPC: H05K1/02 ; G02B27/00 ; G02B7/02

Abstract:
An optical device comprises a printed circuit board comprising a rigid main portion and comprising at least one flexible portion arranged at the periphery of the rigid main portion, the rigid main portion including an electronic image-capture circuit; a lens holder comprising at least one optical lens, the lens holder comprising a wall forming a cavity extending along the optical axis of the device from its top end to its bottom end, the bottom end being mounted on the rigid main portion of the printed circuit board so as to align, along the optical axis of the device, the electronic image-capture circuit and the optical lens; at least one heating element arranged on the flexible portion of the printed circuit board, the flexible portion of the printed circuit board being arranged by bearing directly against the wall of the lens holder.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190384055A1 OPTICAL DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE COMPRISING A HEATING ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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