# US 12,216,396 B2 · Imaging lens, camera module and electronic device

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- Number: US 12,216,396 B2
- Document ID: US12216396B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/888,282
- Filed: 2022-08-15
- Published: 2023-10-26
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2022-04-22
- Assignees: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Largan Precision Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hao Jan Chen; Yu Chen Lai; Ming-Ta Chou
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12216396B2

## CPC

- G03B 9/06: Two or more co-operating pivoted blades, e.g. iris type (shutters functioning as diaphragms by limiting extent of opening movement G03B9/08)
- 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
- G02B 9/64: having more than six components
- G02B 13/001: {Miniaturised objectives for electronic devices, e.g. portable telephones, webcams, PDAs, small digital cameras (G02B23/243 takes precedence)}
- 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)
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS

## Abstract

An imaging lens with an optical axis includes a lens carrier and a variable through hole assembly. The lens carrier is configured for at least one lens element to be disposed therein, and the lens carrier includes a mount structure. The variable through hole assembly includes a plurality of movable blades and a rotatable element. The movable blades movably and together surround the optical axis to form a through hole, and a size of the through hole is variable by movement of the movable blades. The rotatable element is connected to the movable blades, and the rotatable element moves the movable blades to vary the size of the through hole. At least one of the movable blades and the rotatable element of the variable through hole assembly is disposed on the mount structure.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An imaging lens, having an optical axis, and the imaging lens comprising:
a lens carrier, configured for at least one lens element to be disposed therein, wherein the lens carrier comprises a mount structure; and
a variable through hole assembly, comprising:
a plurality of movable blades, movably and together surrounding the optical axis to form a through hole, wherein a size of the through hole is variable by movement of the plurality of movable blades; and
a rotatable element, connected to the plurality of movable blades, wherein the rotatable element moves the plurality of movable blades to vary the size of the through hole;
wherein the rotatable element is sleeved on at least part of the lens carrier so as to be disposed on the mount structure.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of movable blades are disposed on the mount structure, the mount structure comprises a plurality of post structures that are disposed respectively corresponding to the plurality of movable blades, and a relative displacement between the plurality of post structures and the rotatable element drives the plurality of movable blades to rotate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of movable blades are disposed on the mount structure, the mount structure has a gap surface, the gap surface and the rotatable element form a gap therebetween, and the plurality of movable blades are disposed in the gap;
wherein a thickness of the gap is TG, a thickness of each of the plurality of movable blades is TB, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.002 [um]≤TG−TB≤0.3 [um].

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, further comprising a fixed element, wherein the plurality of movable blades are disposed on the mount structure, the fixed element and the lens carrier are relatively fixed, the fixed element has a gap surface, the gap surface and one of the mount structure and the rotatable element form a gap therebetween, and the plurality of movable blades are disposed in the gap;
wherein a thickness of the gap is TG′, a thickness of each of the plurality of movable blades is TB, and the following condition is satisfied:
0.002 [um]≤TG′−TB≤0.3 [um].

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of movable blades are disposed on the mount structure, the mount structure has an abut surface, and the plurality of movable blades are disposed on the abut surface;
wherein a value of arithmetical mean roughness of the abut surface is smaller than 0.25 micrometers.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the rotatable element is disposed on the mount structure, the variable through hole assembly further comprises a plurality of rollable elements, and the plurality of rollable elements are disposed between the mount structure and the rotatable element and are arranged surrounding the through hole to provide freedom of movement of the rotatable element in a rotation direction.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the rotatable element is disposed on the mount structure, the mount structure has a slide surface, and the rotatable element is slidably located on the slide surface;
wherein a coefficient of kinetic friction of the rotatable element on the slide surface is smaller than 0.52.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the through hole is disposed at a position where an aperture of the imaging lens is located.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The imaging lens according to claim 8, wherein an f-number of the imaging lens is FNO, and the following condition is satisfied:
FNO≥1.1.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the at least one lens element comprises a positive lens element disposed adjacent to the through hole.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The imaging lens according to claim 1, wherein the variable through hole assembly further comprises an electromagnetic pair and a through hole circuit, the electromagnetic pair comprises a through hole magnet and a through hole coil, the through hole magnet is disposed on the rotatable element, the through hole coil is disposed opposite to the through hole magnet, and the through hole coil is electrically connected to the through hole circuit to drive the rotatable element to rotate.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The imaging lens according to claim 11, wherein the through hole circuit comprises a control circuit, and the control circuit control the through hole coil to generate a magnetic field.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The imaging lens according to claim 11, wherein the through hole circuit comprises a position sensing circuit, and the position sensing circuit detects a position of the rotatable element.

### Claim 14 (depends on 11)

The imaging lens according to claim 11, wherein a quantity of the electromagnetic pair is two, and the two electromagnetic pairs are symmetrically disposed.

### Claim 15 (depends on 11)

The imaging lens according to claim 11, wherein the lens carrier further comprises a ferromagnetic element disposed corresponding to the through hole magnet.

### Claim 16 (depends on 11)

A camera module, comprising:
the imaging lens of claim 11.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The camera module according to claim 16, further comprising:
a fixed part;
a movable part, movable with respect to the fixed part, wherein the movable part comprises the imaging lens; and
an elastic element, connected to the fixed part and the movable part to provide freedom of movement of the movable part in at least one direction;
wherein the elastic element has electrical conductivity, and the elastic element is electrically connected to the through hole circuit.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The camera module according to claim 16, further comprising:
a fixed part;
a movable part, movable with respect to the fixed part, wherein the movable part comprises the imaging lens;
an elastic element, connected to the fixed part and the movable part to provide freedom of movement of the movable part in at least one direction; and
an electrical connection element, comprises a plurality of conductive routes electrically connected to the through hole circuit and the fixed part;
wherein an elastic modulus of the electrical connection element is smaller than an elastic modulus of the elastic element in a direction in parallel with the optical axis.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The camera module according to claim 16, further comprising:
a fixed part, comprising a conductive terminal; and
a movable part, movable with respect to the fixed part, wherein the movable part comprises the imaging lens, a groove structure and a conductive colloid, and the conductive colloid is disposed in the groove structure;
wherein the conductive terminal extends to the conductive colloid, and the conductive terminal is electrically connected to the through hole circuit via the conductive colloid.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The camera module according to claim 19, wherein the conductive colloid is made of a damping material.

### Claim 21 (depends on 16)

The camera module according to claim 16, further comprising:
a fixed part;
a movable part, movable with respect to the fixed part, wherein the movable part comprises the imaging lens; and
a driving part, comprising a driving magnet and a driving coil, wherein the driving magnet and the driving coil are disposed opposite to each other;
wherein the lens carrier further comprises a driving mount structure, and one of the driving magnet and the driving coil is disposed on the driving mount structure.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The camera module according to claim 21, wherein the driving coil is mounted on the driving mount structure, and the driving coil is electrically connected to the through hole circuit.

### Claim 23 (depends on 16)

The camera module according to claim 16, further comprising an image sensor disposed on an image surface of the imaging lens, wherein a distance between the optical axis of the imaging lens and a position of the image sensor located furthest away from the optical axis of the imaging lens is defined as a maximum image height, the maximum image height is ImgH, and the following condition is satisfied:
ImgH≥2 [mm].

### Claim 24 (depends on 23)

The camera module according to claim 23, wherein the imaging lens has a maximum field of view corresponding to the maximum image height, the maximum field of view is FOV, and the following condition is satisfied:
FOV≤100 [deg.].

### Claim 25 (depends on 16)

An electronic device, comprising:
the camera module of claim 16.