# US 11,910,076 B2 · Camera module

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- Number: US 11,910,076 B2
- Document ID: US11910076B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/112,062
- Filed: 2023-02-21
- Published: 2023-06-22
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2017-07-04
- Assignees: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Sang Yeal Han
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910076B2

## CPC

- G03B 17/08: Waterproof bodies or housings
- H04N 23/51: Housings
- 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 23/52: Elements optimising image sensor operation, e.g. for electromagnetic interference [EMI] protection or temperature control by heat transfer or cooling elements
- H04N 23/54: Mounting of pick-up tubes, electronic image sensors, deviation or focusing coils
- 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

## Abstract

The present embodiment relates to a camera module comprising a front body, a lens, a rear body, a first substrate, an image sensor, a second substrate, a connector and a cover, wherein the cover includes a bottom plate having a hole in which the connector is to be disposed, side plates extending from the bottom plate, and pressing unit disposed at the bottom plate and elastically supporting the connector, the connector includes a first surface facing the inner surface of the bottom plate of the cover, and a second surface extending from the first surface and disposed in the hole, and the pressing unit includes a first pressing part for pressing the first surface of the connector, and a second pressing part for pressing the second surface of the connector.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A camera module, comprising:
a front body;
a rear body coupled to the front body;
a first substrate disposed in an inner space between the front body and the rear body;
an image sensor disposed on the first substrate;
a second substrate spaced apart in the inner space from the first substrate, and electrically connected to the first substrate;
a shield member disposed at the inner space and coupled by the first substrate and the second substrate,
wherein the shield member includes a plurality of body parts, a coupling part extended from one side of the body part, a lug extended from the other side of the body part, and a connecting part connecting two adjacent body parts among the plurality of body parts.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The camera module of claim 1, wherein the coupling part includes an extension part extending from the body part, a hole formed in the extension part, a first slant part slantly extended from the extension part, and a second slant part extended from the first slant part, and
wherein the second substrate includes a protrusion formed at a position corresponding to the hole of the extension part.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The camera module of claim 2, wherein the protrusion of the second substrate includes four side surfaces facing the inner surface of the extension part forming the hole, and
wherein at least one of the four side surfaces of the protrusion is spaced apart from the inner surface of the extension part.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The camera module of claim 2, wherein the first slant part is formed to be bent outward with respect to the extension part.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The camera module of claim 4, wherein the extension part and the second slant part are parallel to each other.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The camera module of claim 2, comprising:
a cover disposed inside the rear body,
wherein the cover includes a bottom plate comprising a hole in which a connector is disposed, a side plate extended from the bottom plate, and a pressing unit disposed on the bottom plate and elastically supporting the connector.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The camera module of claim 6, wherein the extension part is composed of at least two extension parts disposed to face each other, and
wherein at least one of the two extension parts contacts an inner surface of the side plate of the cover.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The camera module of claim 6, wherein a portion of the cover in contact with the inner surface of the side plate is the second slant part of the extension part.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The camera module of claim 2, wherein the lug is coupled to one surface of the first substrate in a first direction.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The camera module of claim 9, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the one surface of the first substrate.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The camera module of claim 10, wherein the hole of the extension part is coupled to the protrusion of the second substrate in a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.

### Claim 12 (depends on 9)

The camera module of claim 9, wherein the lug is mounted on the one surface of the first substrate by SMT.

### Claim 13

A camera module, comprising:
a front body;
a rear body coupled to the front body;
a first substrate disposed in an inner space between the front body and the rear body;
a second substrate spaced apart in the inner space from the first substrate, and electrically connected to the first substrate;
a shield member disposed at the inner space and coupled by the first substrate and the second substrate,
wherein the shield member includes a body part coupled to the first substrate, and a coupling part extended from the body part and coupled to the second substrate,
wherein the second substrate includes a first groove disposed on a first surface of the second substrate, and a second groove disposed on a second surface of the second substrate,
wherein the coupling part includes a third surface facing the second substrate, and a first coupling part disposed on the first groove, a fourth surface facing the second substrate, and a second coupling part disposed on the second groove, and
wherein at least one of the third surface of the first coupling part and the fourth surface of the second coupling part is spaced apart from the second substrate.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The camera module of claim 13, wherein the coupling part includes an extension part extending from the body part, a hole formed in the extension part, a first slant part slantly extended from the extension part, and a second slant part extended from the first slant part, and
wherein the second substrate includes a protrusion formed at a position corresponding to the hole of the extension part.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The camera module of claim 14, wherein the protrusion of the second substrate includes four side surfaces facing the inner surface of the extension part forming the hole, and
wherein at least one of the four side surfaces of the protrusion is spaced apart from the inner surface of the extension part.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The camera module of claim 14, wherein the first slant part is formed to be bent outward with respect to the extension part.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The camera module of claim 16, wherein the extension part and the second slant part are parallel to each other.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The camera module of claim 14, wherein the shield member includes a lug extended from the other side of the body part, and
wherein the lug is coupled to one surface of the first substrate in a first direction.

### Claim 19 (depends on 18)

The camera module of claim 18, wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the one surface of the first substrate.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The camera module of claim 19, wherein the hole of the extension part is coupled to the protrusion of the second substrate in a second direction, and the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction.