IP Library Granted Patent US 12663840
Granted Patent B2
US 12663840 · App. 18/887,425 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Electronic apparatus including shielded camera module

Inventors: Takehito Yamauchi (Kanagawa, JP); Masashi Okamoto (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
G06F1/1686G06F1/1656
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Patent No.
US 12663840
App. No.
18/887,425
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a camera module which is loaded thereon. The camera module includes: a substrate; a connector unit which is implemented on the substrate; a component which is implemented on the substrate, is adjacent to the connector unit, leaving a gap between the component and the connector unit and that a level difference is formed between the surface thereof and the surface of the connector unit and is equipped with a sheet-shaped member for shielding electromagnetic waves which is so installed as to cover an area which ranges from the surface of the connector unit to the surface of the component, striding over the gap. The sheet-shaped member has a pore on a position where the sheet-shaped member overlaps with the gap vertically.

Claims (30)

1 . An electronic apparatus comprising:

a camera module comprising:

a substrate;

a connector unit which is implemented on the substrate; and

a component which is implemented on the substrate and is adjacent to the connector unit, such that a gap is formed between the component and the connector unit and that a level difference is formed between a surface of the component and a surface of the connector unit; and

a sheet-shaped member, for shielding electromagnetic waves, installed so as to cover an area which ranges from the surface of the connector unit to the surface of the component, striding over the gap, wherein

the sheet-shaped member has a pore on a position where the sheet-shaped member overlaps with the gap vertically.

2 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a height from the substrate to the surface of the component is higher than a height from the substrate to the surface of the connector unit.

3 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a chassis on which a vertical wall is installed on its edge so as to support the camera module; and

an electroconductive sheet which is adhered to an inner surface of the chassis, wherein

the camera module faces a wall surface of the vertical wall, and

the sheet-shaped member is:

formed integrally with the electroconductive sheet,

bent from the inner surface of the chassis along a wall surface of the vertical wall, and

folded back from the wall surface of the vertical wall toward the camera module and to cover the surface of the connector unit and the surface of the component.

4 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein

the connector unit comprises:

a connector which is implemented on the substrate; and

a flexible substrate which is connected to the connector, and

the electronic apparatus further comprises a pressing member which presses the sheet-shaped member from above and presses the flexible substrate against the connector.

5 . The electronic apparatus according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a display panel which is supported by the chassis; and

a vessel member that strides over a space between an outer peripheral edge of a display surface of the display panel and an upper end face of the vertical wall, wherein

the pressing member is disposed under the vessel member.

6 . The electronic apparatus according to the claim 3 , wherein

the connector unit comprises:

a connector which is implemented on the substrate; and

a flexible substrate which is connected to the connector, and

the pore is not disposed between the connector and the wall surface of the vertical wall.