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US 9,544,479 B2Granted
Camera module
AssigneeSamsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
InventorsPo Chul Kim, Yoo Chang Kim, Jung Seok Lee, Sung Hoon Kim, Man Su Kim, Jae Ho Baik, Kyeong Jun Kim, Myung Ki Lee
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Abstract
A camera module includes a housing having a guide groove formed therein, the guide groove being extended lengthwise in an optical axis direction, a lens barrel mounted in the housing and having a guide protrusion inserted into the guide groove, and an elastic member disposed on the guide groove so that the guide protrusion may be prevented from being separated from the guide groove.
Claims15
A camera module comprising:
- a housing having a guide groove formed therein, the guide groove being extended in an optical axis direction;
- a lens barrel mounted in the housing and having a guide protrusion inserted into the guide groove;
- and
- an elastic member disposed on the guide groove,
- wherein the guide protrusion is configured to be movable along the guide groove, and
- wherein the elastic member is configured to be elastically deformed by collision with the guide protrusion.
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A camera module comprising:
- a lens barrel having a guide protrusion formed thereon, the guide protrusion being inserted into a housing;
- a cover member coupled to the housing and configured to prevent the lens barrel from being separated from the housing;
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- an elastic member disposed between the housing and the cover member and configured to be elastically deformed by collision with the guide protrusion,
- wherein both ends of the elastic member are fixed to the housing or the cover member.
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A camera module comprising:
- a lens barrel having a pair of guide protrusion formed thereon, the pair of guide protrusions being inserted into a housing;
- a cover member coupled to the housing and configured to prevent the lens barrel from being separated from the housing;
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- an elastic member disposed between the housing and the cover member and configured to contact the guide protrusion in the vicinity of the cover member,
- wherein the housing has a guide groove formed therein and the guide protrusions are inserted into the guide groove, and
- wherein the cover member has a groove formed therein, the groove facing the guide groove and being configured to accommodate an elastically deformed portion of the elastic member therein.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.