Camera module with threadless lens barrel engagement design

摘要

A camera module with a lens barrel containing a lens, and a lens carrier that slidably receives the lens barrel. Each of the exterior surface of the lens barrel and the interior surface of the lens carrier include a seating surface formed thereon. One of the exterior surface of the lens barrel and the interior surface of the lens carrier include a plurality of protrusions for controlling the relative position of the lens barrel and the lens carrier. The other of the exterior surface of the lens barrel and the interior surface of the lens carrier include a plurality of channels that are sized and arranged so as to slidably receive the protrusions to allow for the lens barrel to be slid into the lens carrier. The channels also each include a transverse section to allow the lens barrel to be pivoted about an optical axis of the lens barrel.

主权项

1. A camera module, comprising:
a housing; a lens carrier received within the housing, the lens carrier including a seating surface on an interior surface thereof; and a lens barrel containing a lens, the lens barrel including a seating surface on an exterior surface thereof, the lens barrel slidably received within the lens carrier to such point as the seating surface of the lens barrel meets the seating surface of the lens carrier; and wherein the lens carrier has a first cylindrically-shaped interior surface defining an opening having a first diameter and a second cylindrically-shaped interior surface defining an opening having a second diameter, the first diameter being smaller than the second diameter, the seating surface of the lens carrier being an annular surface that connects the first and second cylindrically-shaped interior surfaces.