# US 11,442,341 B2 · Camera module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,442,341 B2 - Document ID: US11442341B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/230,296 - Filed: 2021-04-14 - Published: 2021-07-29 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2016-11-21 - Assignees: LG Innotek Co., Ltd. - Applicants: LG Innotek Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong Wook Park; Myoung Jin An - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11442341B2 ## CPC - G02B 7/025: {using glue} - G02B 7/023: {permitting adjustment} - G03B 3/04: adjusting position of image plane without moving lens - G03B 17/08: Waterproof bodies or housings - G03B 17/12: with means for supporting objectives, supplementary lenses, filters, masks, or turrets - G03B 30/00: Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles - H04N 23/00: Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof - H04N 23/51: Housings - H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils - H04N 23/55: Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof - H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices - H05K 3/30: Assembling printed circuits with electric components, e.g. with resistors - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS ## Abstract An embodiment of a camera module comprises: a lens portion; a front body on which the lens portion is mounted; a substrate portion arranged to be spaced from the lens portion in a first direction and coupled to the front body; an image sensor arranged on the substrate portion and provided to face the lens portion; a first fastener, one side of which is inserted into the front body such that at least a part of the substrate portion is coupled to the front body; and a first attachment portion arranged between the front body and the substrate portion, wherein the first attachment portion may comprise at least one through-hole formed between the front body and the substrate portion so as to couple the front body and the substrate portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A camera module comprising: a lens unit; a front body coupled to the lens unit; a substrate unit spaced apart from the lens unit in a first direction and coupled to the front body; an image sensor disposed on the substrate unit and configured to face the lens unit; a coupling element having one side inserted into the front body and configured to couple at least a portion of the substrate unit to the front body; and a first adhesive unit disposed between the front body and the substrate unit, wherein the first adhesive unit couples the front body and the substrate unit and comprises at least one through hole formed between the front body and the substrate unit, wherein the front body comprises: a body portion facing the lens unit; and a first protrusion protruding from one side of the body portion in the first direction, wherein the first adhesive unit is disposed between the first protrusion and the substrate unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the substrate unit comprises a first substrate disposed on the first protrusion and a second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate in the first direction, and wherein the image sensor is disposed on the first substrate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The camera module of claim 2, wherein the first substrate is coupled to the front body by the first adhesive unit, and the second substrate is coupled to the front body by the coupling element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The camera module of claim 2, wherein the front body comprises a second protrusion protruding from the first protrusion, and wherein the coupling element is configured to couple the second substrate and the second protrusion of the front body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The camera module of claim 4, wherein each of the first and second protrusions protrudes toward the second substrate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The camera module of claim 4, wherein the second protrusion comprises an insertion groove into which at least one portion of the coupling element is inserted. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The camera module of claim 4, wherein the second substrate comprises a first through hole that the coupling element penetrates, and wherein the first substrate comprises an escape groove having a shape corresponding to the second protrusion. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The camera module of claim 7, wherein the second protrusion comprises two protrusions spaced apart from each other, and wherein the escape groove comprises two grooves corresponding to the two protrusions, and wherein the coupling element comprises two coupling elements corresponding to the two protrusions, and wherein the first through hole of the second substrate comprises two through holes corresponding to the two coupling elements. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The camera module of claim 4, wherein the second protrusion is configured to space the first substrate and the second substrate apart from each other in the first direction by a predetermined distance. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The camera module of claim 2, wherein the first protrusion comprises a first adhesive surface at an end thereof, and the first substrate comprises a second adhesive surface at a portion facing the first adhesive surface, and wherein the first adhesive unit is disposed between the first adhesive surface and the second adhesive surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The camera module of claim 10, wherein the second adhesive surface has a shape corresponding to a shape of the first adhesive surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 2) The camera module of claim 2, comprising a power supply device disposed on the second substrate and configured to supply power to the first substrate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the first adhesive unit is configured to surround the image sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the first adhesive unit is formed of thermosetting and ultraviolet curable material. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, comprising a rear body coupled to the front body and configured to accommodate the substrate unit and the image sensor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The camera module of claim 15, wherein the front body comprises a flange formed to protrude on a side surface thereof, and one end of the rear body is coupled to the flange of the front body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the at least one through hole comprises a plurality of through holes spaced apart from each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, comprising a second adhesive unit filled in the at least one through hole. ### Claim 19 A camera module comprising: a lens unit; a front body coupled to the lens unit; a substrate unit spaced apart from the lens unit in a first direction and coupled to the front body; an image sensor disposed on the substrate unit and configured to face the lens unit; a coupling element having one side inserted into the front body and configured to couple at least a portion of the substrate unit to the front body; and a first adhesive unit disposed between the front body and the substrate unit, wherein the first adhesive unit couples the front body and the substrate unit and comprises at least one through hole formed between the front body and the substrate unit, wherein the substrate unit comprises: a first substrate comprising a first surface on which the image sensor is installed and that is disposed to face the lens unit; and a second substrate disposed to be spaced apart from the first substrate in the first direction, wherein the first substrate is coupled to the front body by the first adhesive unit, and the second substrate is coupled to the front body by the coupling element, wherein the front body comprises a first protrusion protruding toward the substrate unit, and the first protrusion comprises a first adhesive surface at an end thereof, and wherein the first substrate comprises a second adhesive surface at a portion facing the first adhesive surface, and the first adhesive unit is configured to couple the first adhesive surface and the second adhesive surface. ### Claim 20 A camera module comprising: a lens unit; a front body coupled to the lens unit and comprising a first surface facing the lens unit and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first substrate disposed on the second surface of the front body; a second substrate disposed above the first substrate and spaced apart from the first substrate; an image sensor disposed on the first substrate and configured to face the lens unit; a first adhesive unit configured to couple the front body and the first substrate, wherein the front body comprises: a first protrusion disposed between the first substrate and the first substrate; and a second protrusion disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein the first adhesive unit is disposed between the first protrusion of the front body and the first substrate, and comprises at least one through hole formed between the first protrusion of the front body and the first substrate.