IP Library Granted Patent US 9,282,227
Granted Patent B2
US 9,282,227 · App. 13/996,892 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Camera module

Inventor: Hyunah Oh (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
H04N5/2254G03B17/55H04N5/2251
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Patent No.
US 9,282,227
App. No.
13/996,892
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a camera module mounted with an external look-forming holder improved in heat emission function, the camera module including: a housing; a lens insertion hole opened toward an upper surface of the housing for insertion of a lens; a filter attachment unit formed on a floor surface of the housing for attaching a filter; and a heat emission outlet formed on an upper surface of the lens insertion hole in an upper-wide/bottom-narrow shape, wherein a heat emission outlet is formed at an upper surface of a lens insertion hole to induce heat generated from inside of a housing to be emitted to outside along an inner side of the heat emission outlet.

Claims (28)

1. A camera module with a heat emitting holder structure, the holder comprising:

a housing;

a lens insertion hole formed in the housing for insertion of a lens to the housing;

a filter attachment unit formed on rear surface of the housing for attaching a filter thereto; and

a heat emission outlet extendedly formed on the lens insertion hole in an upper-wide/bottom-narrow shape, wherein the heat emission outlet communicates the lens insertion hole.

2. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the heat emission outlet is formed on an upper surface of the lens insertion hole, and wherein the heat emission outlet is inwardly inclined from an upper side to a bottom side relative to a center of the lens insertion hole.

3. The camera module of claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of heat emission grooves disposed along a circumference of the heat emission outlet.

4. The camera module of claim 3 , wherein an external wall of the housing is formed with a knurled unit in which a plurality convex surfaces and a plurality of concave surfaces are alternatively formed to increase a contact area with outside air.

5. The camera module of claim 2 , wherein an external wall of the housing is formed with a knurled unit in which a plurality convex surfaces and a plurality of concave surfaces are alternatively formed to increase a contact area with outside air.

6. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein an external wall of the housing is formed with a knurled unit in which a plurality convex surfaces and a plurality of concave surfaces are alternatively formed to increase a contact area with outside air.

7. The camera module of claim 6 , wherein the knurled unit is formed along a circumference of the external wall of the housing.

8. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein a circumference of the filter attachment unit is erected with a guide wall to regulate a thickness unit of a filter.

9. The camera module of claim 8 , wherein the filter attachment unit is inwardly depressed from a base unit of the holder relative to a center of the lens insertion hole, and the guide wall is formed to protrude on the filter attachment unit.

10. The camera module of claim 1 , wherein the holder further comprises a plurality of fume emission outlets to communicate with the filter attachment unit.

11. The camera module of claim 10 , wherein the fume emission outlet is inwardly depressed from the filter attachment unit relative to a center of the lens insertion hole.

12. The camera module of claim 10 , wherein the fume emission outlet is formed on corners of the filter attachment unit.

13. The camera module of claim 12 , wherein the fume emission outlet is concavely formed to have a grooved shape.

14. A camera module with a heat emitting holder structure, the holder comprising:

a housing;

a lens insertion hole formed in the housing for insertion of a lens to the housing;

a filter attachment unit formed around an opening on a rear surface of the housing for attaching a filter thereto; and

a plurality of heat emission grooves extendedly formed and spaced apart on an upper surface of the lens insertion hole, wherein the heat emission grooves communicates with the lens insertion hole.

15. The camera module of claim 14 , wherein an external wall of the housing is formed with a knurled unit in which a plurality convex surfaces and a plurality of concave surfaces are alternatively formed to increase a contact area with outside air.

16. The camera module of claim 15 , wherein the knurled unit is formed along a circumference of the external wall of the housing.

17. The camera module of claim 14 , wherein a circumference of the filter attachment unit is erected with a guide wall to regulate a thickness unit of a filter.

18. The camera module of claim 17 , wherein the filter attachment unit is inwardly depressed from a base unit of the holder relative to a center of the lens insertion hole, and the guide wall is formed to protrude on the filter attachment unit.

19. The camera module of claim 14 , wherein corners of the filter attachment unit are formed with fume emission outlets to emit fumes.

20. The camera module of claim 19 , wherein the fume emission outlet is inwardly depressed from the filter attachment unit relative to a center of the lens insertion hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2013
From: OH, HYUNAH
To: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 030662/0777 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0135633 · Dec 27, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130293972A1 · Nov 7, 2013