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US 8,506,185 B2Granted
Camera module and method for manufacturing camera module
AssigneeFujitsu Component Limited
InventorsKoki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Tetsugaku Tanaka, Hideo Miyazawa
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Abstract
A camera module includes a camera unit, a board, and a driving unit mounted on the board and configured to drive the camera unit. The camera module also includes an elastic camera-side connecting part configured to connect a terminal of the camera unit with wiring on a first surface of the board.
Claims3
A camera module, comprising:
- plural terminals formed by pressing a metal plate;
- a holder formed by insert molding so as to surround and hold the terminals and having a through hole extending in a length direction of the terminals;
- a lens fitted into the through hole;
- and
- a camera unit attached to the holder and disposed behind the lens, wherein
- the terminals include cut-off parts that are cut off from carriers of the metal plate to separate the holder from the metal plate;
- the cut-off parts penetrate through a wall of the holder;
- and
- ends of the cut-off parts are in a recess formed in an outer surface of the wall of the holder.
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A method of manufacturing a camera module, the method comprising:
- pressing a metal plate to form multiple sets of terminals;
- forming a holder for each set of the terminals by insert molding so as to surround and hold the terminals, the holder having a through hole extending in a length direction of the terminals;
- fitting a lens into the through hole;
- attaching a camera unit to the holder at a position behind the lens;
- and
- separating the holder from the metal plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.