# US 11,994,739 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 11,994,739 B2 - Document ID: US11994739B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/927,121 - Filed: 2020-07-13 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-30 - Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Young Bok Yoon; Nam Ki Park; Bong Won Jeong; Bo Sung Seo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11994739B2 ## CPC - G02B 7/04: with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification - G02B 7/08: adapted to co-operate with a remote control mechanism - G02B 7/021: {for more than one lens} - G03B 3/10: Power-operated focusing - G03B 13/34: Power focusing - 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 - G03B 2205/0046: Movement of one or more optical elements for zooming - G03B 2205/0069: using electromagnetic actuators, e.g. voice coils - 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) ## Abstract A camera module includes a lens module accommodating one or more lenses and configured to move in an interior of a housing in an optical axis direction of the one or more lenses, a first support member connected to the lens module and extending toward an upper inner surface of the housing from the lens module in a first direction intersecting the optical axis, and a second support member connected to the first support member and extending toward a lower inner surface of the housing in a second direction intersecting with the optical axis. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A camera module, comprising: a lens module accommodating one or more lenses and configured to move in an interior of a housing in an optical axis direction of the one or more lenses; a first support member connected to the lens module and extending from a first planar surface toward an inner surface of the housing from the lens module in a first direction intersecting the optical axis, the first support member having a bent portion; and a second support member connected to the first support member and extending from a second planar surface different from the first planar surface toward another inner surface of the housing in a second direction intersecting with the optical axis, the second support member having a bent portion, wherein a maximum distance between the second support member and another second support member in a third direction crossing with the optical axis is greater than a maximum distance between the first support member and another first support member in the third direction crossing with the optical axis. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the second support member is longer than the first support member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the first support member and the second support member comprise different rigidity from each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein each of the bent portion of the first support member and the bent portion of the second support member has a curvature. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The camera module of claim 4, wherein each of the first support member and the second support member comprises a bent portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, further comprising a connection member connecting the first support member and the second support member. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The camera module of claim 6, wherein the connection member comprises greater rigidity than the first support member and the second support member. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The camera module of claim 6, wherein the connection member extends in the optical axis direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein a protrusion and a groove are disposed on an inner side surface of the housing and in the lens module, respectively, where the protrusion and the groove are assembled. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The camera module of claim 9, wherein the groove extends in the optical axis direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, further comprising an optical path-converting member configured to convert a path of light reflected from a subject to be parallel to the optical axis of the one or more lenses. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, further comprising a driving means for driving the lens module in the optical axis direction of the one or more lenses. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The camera module of claim 12, wherein the driving means comprises: a permanent magnet disposed on a side surface of the lens module; and a coil disposed on an inner side surface of the housing facing the permanent magnet. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the first and second support members comprise a plurality of first and second support members, and wherein the second support member is disposed on an outer side of the lens module as compared to the first support member of each respective first and second support member. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The camera module of claim 14, wherein each respective first and second support member is disposed at a respective corner of the lens module. ### Claim 16 A camera module, comprising: a lens module accommodating one or more lenses; a first support member connected to the lens module and extending from a first planar surface in a direction intersecting an optical axis of the one or more lenses, the first support member having a bent portion; and a second support member connected to the first support member and extending from a second planar surface different from the first planar surface in a direction intersecting the optical axis, the second support member having a bent portion, wherein the first support member is disposed to form an acute angle with respect to the second support member, and a maximum distance between the second support member and another second support member in a third direction crossing with the optical axis is greater than a maximum distance between the first support member and another first support member in the third direction crossing with the optical axis. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The camera module of claim 16, wherein the lens module accommodates a lens of the one or more lenses, comprising a length in a first direction intersecting the optical axis and a length in a second direction intersecting the optical axis and the first direction different from each other. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The camera module of claim 17, wherein one or more of the first support member and the second support member are configured to form an acute angle with respect to the first direction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The camera module of claim 18, wherein the length in the first direction is less than the length in the second direction, and wherein the first support member is disposed to form an acute angle with respect to the first direction. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The camera module of claim 1, wherein the bent portion of the first support member is configured to lower an overall height of the first support member, and the bent portion of the second support member is configured to lower an overall height of the second support member.