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US 2023/0403453 A1Published application
Camera module and method of manufacturing housing of camera module
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
InventorsSangjin LEE, Mansu KIM
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Abstract
A camera module includes a lens barrel; a driver configured to move the lens barrel; and a housing in which the lens barrel is disposed, wherein the driver includes a wire layer configured to transmit an electrical signal; a driving circuit part electrically connected to the wire layer; a coil electrically connected to the wire layer; and a magnet electromagnetically coupled to the coil, and the wire layer is a stamped metal part integrally combined with the housing.
Claims21
A camera module comprising:
- a lens barrel;
- a driver configured to move the lens barrel;
- and
- a housing in which the lens barrel is disposed,
- wherein the driver comprises:
- a wire layer configured to transmit an electrical signal;
- a driving circuit part electrically connected to the wire layer;
- a coil electrically connected to the wire layer;
- and
- a magnet electromagnetically coupled to the coil, and
- the wire layer is a stamped metal part integrally combined with the housing.
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A method of manufacturing a housing of a camera module, the method comprising:
- forming a wire layer of a driver that configured to drive a lens barrel by a metal stamping method;
- mounting the wire layer so that the wire layer is supported by a base part;
- combining the base part and a base housing by an injection molding method to form an injection-molded part;
- and
- curing the injection-molded part.
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A camera module comprising:
- an injection-molded housing;
- a lens barrel disposed in the injection-molded housing;
- and
- a driver configured to move the lens barrel and comprising:
- an injection-molded base part integrally combined with the injection-molded housing;
- a stamped metal wire layer integrally combined with the injection-molded base part;
- a driving circuit part electrically connected to the stamped metal wire layer;
- a coil electrically connected to the stamped metal wire layer;
- and
- a magnet electromagnetically coupled to the coil.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.