Camera module having tightening ring for fixing lens to lens holder

摘要

A camera module includes a lens and a lens holder. The lens has a connecting barrel. The lens holder includes a base plate, a number of claws extending up from the base plate and sleeving on the connecting barrel, a fixing block extending up from the base plate and defining a fixing hole, a tightening ring sleeving on the claws and having two end sections sandwiching the fixing block. The tightening ring also includes a tightening screw for threadedly passing the threaded holes to tightening the tightening ring such that the claws deforms and grasps the connecting barrel.

主权项

1. A camera module, comprising:
a lens comprising a connecting barrel; and a lens holder, comprising:
a base plate comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the base plate defining a first through hole passing through the first surface and the second surface;a plurality of claws extending up from the first surface and arranged in a circular configuration encircling the first through hole and has an inner diameter slightly lager than an outer diameter of the connecting barrel, the claws sleeving on the connecting barrel;a fixing block extending up from the first surface, located outside the claws, and defining a fixing hole therethrough along a direction that is substantially parallel to the first surface; anda tightening ring comprising a ring-shaped elastic belt having two distal end sections sandwiching the fixing block, each of the end sections defining a threaded hole aligning with the fixing hole, an inner diameter of the tightening ring being slightly smaller than an outer diameter of the tubular configuration of the claws, the belt sleeving on the claws, the tightening ring also comprising a tightening screw for threadedly passing the threaded holes to tightening the tightening ring such that the claws deforms and firmly grasps the connecting barrel.