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US 8,708,586 B2Granted
Camera module and method of manufacturing same
AssigneeFujitsu Component Limited
InventorsTetsugaku Tanaka, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
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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.
Claims8
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.
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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.
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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.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.