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US 7,924,512 B2Granted
Lens module with extension member
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorJen-Tsorng Chang
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Abstract
A lens module includes a lens barrel, a lens holder, and an extension member. The lens barrel is received in the lens holder. The lens holder includes at least one first guiding portion. The extension member defines a receiving through hole and includes at least one second guiding portion corresponding to the at least one first guiding portion. The lens holder is fixedly received in the receiving through hole by engagement between the at least one first guiding portion and the at least one second guiding portion.
Claims12
A lens module, comprising:
- a lens barrel being a hollow cylinder and comprising an outer thread formed at an outer surface thereof;
- a lens holder, the lens barrel received in the lens holder, the lens holder comprising at least one first guiding portion and defining a through hole, the lens holder further comprising an inner thread formed in an inner wall of the through hole, the lens barrel being screwed into the through hole with the outer thread engaging with the inner thread;
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- an extension member defining a receiving through hole and comprising at least one second guiding portion corresponding to the at least one first guiding portion, the lens holder fixedly received in the receiving through hole by engagement between the at least one first guiding portion and the at least one second guiding portion.
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A lens module, comprising:
- a lens barrel, wherein the lens barrel is a hollow cylinder;
- a substantially cube-shaped lens holder, the lens barrel received in the lens holder, the lens holder comprising at least one first guiding portion;
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- a substantially cube-shaped extension member, the extension member defining a receiving through hole and comprising at least one second guiding portion corresponding to the at least one first guiding portion, the lens holder fixedly received in the receiving through hole by engagement between the at least one first guiding portion and the at least one second guiding portion.
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A lens module, comprising:
- a lens barrel being a hollow cylinder and comprising an outer thread formed at an outer surface thereof;
- a lens holder being hollow and substantially cylindrical, the lens barrel received in the lens holder, the lens holder defining a through hole therein and comprising two guiding protrusions formed on an outer surface thereof, the lens holder further comprising an inner thread formed in an inner wall of the through hole, the lens barrel being screwed into the through hole with the outer thread engaging with the inner thread, the two guiding protrusions extending radially away from the outer surface and being substantially symmetrical to each other;
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- an extension member being hollow and substantially cylindrical, the extension member defining a receiving through hole and comprising two elongated guiding grooves in an inner surface thereof corresponding to the two guiding protrusions, the lens holder fixedly received in the receiving through hole by engagement between the two guiding protrusions and the two guiding grooves.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.