US 7,112,083 B2 · Connector for camera module use

Abstract

To provide a connector for camera module use capable of preventing a defective contact of the connector. A connector for camera module use in which a camera module 12 is accommodated in a connector box 23, which is covered with a shield case, and engaged by an engaging member, the camera module 12 including: a solid image pickup element; a lens unit having a lens for guiding light to the solid image pickup element; and a lens holder by which the solid image pickup element is held, wherein a distance between the lens and the solid image pickup element is adjusted to a predetermined focal distance by the lens holder, and the connector for camera module use comprises a pushing member 21, and the pushing member 21 includes: an opening portion 21a formed at the center, the size of which is larger than that of the lens unit; leaf-spring-shaped elastic members 22, 22 . . . protruding along inner edges of the opening portion; and both side plates 21b, 21b on which an engaging hole 27 to be engaged with an engaging portion 25 formed on a circumferential side of the shield case 24 is formed, wherein the pushing member 21 is formed into a reverse U-shape when it is viewed from the front, and when the pushing member 21 is engaged with the shield case, it pushes the camera module body to a bottom face by elastic forces of the elastic members.

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Dependent claims

A connection structure, comprising:

a connector, having an inner side face defining a chamber formed with a first opening and having an outer side face opposed to the inner side face;
a module body, inserted from the first opening in a first direction to be accommodated in the chamber;
and
a shield case,
wherein at least one first engaging member is provided on the shield case;
wherein at least one second engaging member is provided on the shield case so as to be pivotable between a first position, and a second position the second engaging member being integrally formed with a first elastic member;
the at least one second engaging member is engaged with the at least one first engaging member at the first position so that the first elastic member presses the module body to the connector in the first direction when the second engaging member is placed in the first position;
and
the second engaging member is disengaged from the first engaging member when the second engaging member is placed in the second position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Connector for camera module use

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Connector for camera module use

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Abstract

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