# US 11,910,074 B2 · Housing of an image capturing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,074 B2 - Document ID: US11910074B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/447,644 - Filed: 2021-09-14 - Published: 2022-03-17 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-09-16 - Assignees: Hand Held Products, Inc. - Applicants: Hand Held Products, Inc. - Inventors: Jean-Pierre Stang; Xiaoyan Bo; Yang Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910074B2 ## CPC - G03B 17/02: Bodies - H04N 23/51: Housings - G02B 7/025: {using glue} - G02B 7/04: with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification - G03B 17/12: with means for supporting objectives, supplementary lenses, filters, masks, or turrets - 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 - 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 - G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS ## Abstract Various embodiments illustrated herein disclose a housing of an imaging unit. The housing comprising an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface of the housing defines a lens channel, wherein the inner surface of the lens channel defines a contact point that protrudes outwardly from the inner surface into the lens channel. The inner surface of the lens channel further defines a through hole, in the lens channel, that extends from the inner surface of the lens channel to the outer surface of the housing. The lens channel is configured to receive a lens barrel comprising a groove, wherein the groove is exposed to the through hole when the lens barrel is received in the lens channel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An image capturing device comprising: an imaging unit comprising: a housing that comprises an inner surface, wherein the inner surface of the housing defines a lens channel, wherein the inner surface of the lens channel defines: a contact point that protrudes outwardly from the inner surface into the lens channel, and a through hole, in the lens channel, which extends from the inner surface of the lens channel to an outer surface of the housing, wherein the through hole is extended perpendicular to a first central longitudinal axis of a lens barrel; and the lens barrel received in the lens channel, the lens barrel comprising an outer surface that defines: a first portion, a first platform that circumferentially rotates about the first central longitudinal axis of the lens barrel, wherein a first step is defined at a junction between the first platform and the first portion, a groove defined on the first platform, wherein the groove circumferentially rotates about the first central longitudinal axis of the lens barrel, wherein when the first step abuts the contact point, the groove is exposed via the through hole. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The image capturing device of claim 1, wherein defining the groove creates a first edge and a second edge in the first platform, wherein the first edge and the second edge define a periphery of the groove, and wherein the first edge and the second edge has a second predetermined profile. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The image capturing device of claim 1, wherein a periphery of the through hole is defined by at least a first edge surface, a second edge surface, a third edge surface and a fourth edge surface, and wherein the first edge surface is positioned at a first distance from the contact point, along a second central longitudinal axis of the lens channel. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The image capturing device of claim 3, wherein the first step is positioned at a second distance from a first edge in the first platform, defining the periphery of the groove, along the first central longitudinal axis of the lens barrel, wherein the first distance is same as the second distance. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The image capturing device of claim 1, wherein the inner surface of the housing defines a second platform and a lens receiving section within the lens channel, wherein a radius of the lens receiving section is greater than the radius of the second platform, and wherein a second step is defined at a junction between the lens receiving section and the second platform. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The image capturing device of claim 5, wherein the inner surface of the housing defines the contact point to extend out from the second step. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The image capturing device of claim 1, wherein the lens barrel is rotatably received within the lens channel, wherein the contact point is slidable on the first step when the lens barrel is rotated within the lens channel. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The image capturing device of claim 3, wherein the groove remains exposed via the through hole while the lens barrel is rotated within the lens channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The image capturing device of claim 1, wherein the through hole is configured to receive glue for fixedly coupling the lens barrel to the housing. ### Claim 10 A housing of an imaging unit, the housing comprising: an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the inner surface of the housing defines: a lens channel, wherein the inner surface of the lens channel defines: a contact point that protrudes outwardly from the inner surface into the lens channel, and a through hole, in the lens channel, that extends from the inner surface of the lens channel to the outer surface of the housing, wherein the through hole is extended perpendicular to a first central longitudinal axis of a lens barrel, wherein the lens channel is configured to receive the lens barrel comprising a groove, wherein the groove is exposed to the through hole when the lens barrel is received in the lens channel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The housing of the imaging unit of claim 10, wherein the inner surface of the housing defines a first platform and a lens receiving section within the lens channel, wherein a radius of the lens receiving section is greater than the radius of the first platform, and wherein a first step is defined at a junction between the lens receiving section and the first platform. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The housing of the imaging unit of claim 11, wherein the inner surface of the housing defines the contact point to extend out from the first step. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The housing of the imaging unit of claim 10, wherein the lens barrel is rotatably received within the lens channel, wherein the contact point is slidable on a second step defined on the lens barrel, when the lens barrel is rotated within the lens channel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The housing of the imaging unit of claim 10, wherein a periphery of the through hole is defined by at least a first edge surface, a second edge surface, a third edge surface and a fourth edge surface, and wherein the first edge surface is positioned at a first distance from the contact point, along the first central longitudinal axis of the lens channel. ### Claim 15 A lens barrel comprising: a housing having an outer surface, wherein the outer surface defines: a first portion, a first platform that circumferentially rotates about a first central longitudinal axis of the lens barrel, wherein a first step is defined at a junction between the first platform and the first portion, a groove defined on the first platform, wherein the groove circumferentially rotates about the first central longitudinal axis of the lens barrel, wherein when the first step abuts a contact point defined in a lens channel in an imaging unit, the groove is exposed via a through hole defined in the imaging unit, wherein the through hole is extended perpendicular to the first central longitudinal axis of the lens barrel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The lens barrel of claim 15, wherein defining the groove creates a first edge and a second edge in the first platform, wherein the first edge and the second edge define a periphery of the groove, and wherein the first edge and the second edge has a second predetermined profile. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The lens barrel of claim 16, wherein the through hole is defined at a first distance from the contact point in the imaging unit, wherein the first step is positioned at a second distance from the first edge, defining the periphery of the groove, along the first central longitudinal axis of the lens barrel, wherein the first distance is same as the second distance. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The lens barrel of claim 15, wherein the lens barrel is rotatably received within the lens channel, wherein the contact point is slidable on the first step when the lens barrel is rotated within the lens channel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The lens barrel of claim 18, wherein the groove remains exposed via the through hole while the lens barrel is rotated within the lens channel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The lens barrel of claim 1, wherein the first step has a first predetermined profile as the first step rotates about of the first central longitudinal axis of the lens barrel.