# US 2013/0156415 A1 · Camera module and method of manufacturing same

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- Number: US 2013/0156415 A1
- Document ID: US20130156415A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/678,717
- Filed: 2012-11-16
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-20
- Assignees: Fujitsu Component Limited
- Inventors: Tetsugaku Tanaka; Koki Sato; Mitsuru Kobayashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130156415A1

## CPC

- G03B 17/00: Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor (lens hoods or caps G03B11/04)
- 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
- H05K 3/308: {Adaptations of leads (connectors to printed circuits H01R12/00)}
- Y10T 29/49147: Assembling terminal to base
- 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
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A camera module includes multiple terminals formed by performing press working on a metal plate; a holder formed with the terminals by insert molding, wherein the holder holds the terminals, a through hole is formed through the holder in a direction in which the terminals extend, and a screw part is formed on a sidewall of the through hole; a lens housed in the through hole by being screwed to the screw part; and a camera part attached to the holder on a rear side of the lens.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A camera module, comprising:
a plurality of terminals formed by performing press working on a metal plate;
a holder formed with the terminals by insert molding, wherein the holder holds the terminals, a through hole is formed through the holder in a direction in which the terminals extend, and a screw part is formed on a sidewall of the through hole;
a lens housed in the through hole by being screwed to the screw part; and
a camera part attached to the holder on a rear side of the lens.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The camera module as claimed in claim 1, wherein a wall part of the holder is depressed around cut parts of the terminals that project from an exterior surface of the wall part.

### Claim 3

A method of manufacturing a camera module, comprising:
forming a pressed substrate including a plurality of sets of terminals by performing press working on a metal plate;
forming a holder by performing insert molding on each of the sets of the terminals so that the holder holds the terminals, wherein said forming the holder includes forming a through hole through the holder in a direction in which the terminals extend and forming a screw part on a sidewall of the through hole; and
performing singulation of the holder on a holder basis.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein
the metal plate is a hoop material, and
said forming the pressed substrate forms the sets of the terminals by performing the press working on the hoop material.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein said performing the singulation cuts the terminals off of a carrier of the pressed substrate at respective portions of the terminals that penetrate through a wall part of the holder and project from an exterior surface of the wall part.

### Claim 6

A camera module, comprising:
a plurality of metal terminals;
a holder that is an insert-molded product including the terminals as inserts;
a lens screwed into a through hole formed through the holder; and
a camera part attached to the holder, wherein a light entrance surface of the camera part faces toward the lens.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The camera module as claimed in claim 6, wherein the holder is formed of a thermosetting resin and is unitarily combined with the terminals.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The camera module as claimed in claim 6, wherein
each of the terminals includes a portion that projects from an exterior surface of a wall part of the holder, and
the wall part of the holder is depressed around the portion of each of the terminals that projects from the exterior surface of the wall part.