IP Library Granted Patent US 10,606,020
Granted Patent B2
US 10,606,020 · App. 15/416,121 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Lens module

Inventor: Chuandong Wei (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
G02B7/021
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Patent No.
US 10,606,020
App. No.
15/416,121
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens module, including: a lens barrel, a first lens group having at least one lens and accommodated in the lens barrel, a spacer provided at an end of the lens barrel close to an image side, and a second lens group having at least one lens and accommodated in the spacer, the lens barrel includes a first barrel wall forming a light aperture, a second barrel wall bending and extending from the first barrel wall, the lens barrel further includes a first inner wall and a first outer wall corresponding to the first inner wall, the spacer includes a second inner wall and a second outer wall corresponding to the second inner wall, the lens barrel is fitted and fixed with the spacer. The lens module provided by the present disclosure can be assembled section by section, which is more convenient and makes the module structure more stable.

Claims (48)

1. A lens module, comprising:

a lens barrel;

a first lens group having at least one lens and accommodated in the lens barrel;

a spacer provided at an end of the lens barrel close to an image side; and

a second lens group having at least one lens and accommodated in the spacer;

wherein the lens barrel comprises a first barrel wall which forms a light aperture and a second barrel wall bending and extending from the first barrel wall, the lens barrel further comprises a first inner wall and a first outer wall corresponding to the first inner wall, the spacer comprises a second inner wall and a second outer wall corresponding to the second inner wall, wherein, the lens barrel is fitted and fixed with the spacer; the spacer comprises a main portion and an extending portion formed by extending from the main portion towards an optical axis direction, wherein, the first outer wall of the second barrel wall of the lens barrel is level with the second outer wall of the main portion of the spacer.

2. The lens module as described in claim 1 , wherein the lens barrel is fixed with the spacer via a thread fitting portion.

3. The lens module as described in claim 2 , wherein the thread fitting portion comprises a first thread provided on the first inner wall of the lens barrel and a second thread provided on the second outer wall of the spacer.

4. The lens module according to claim 3 , wherein the extending portion comprises a first surface close to an object side and a second surface far away from the object side, the second thread is provided on the extending portion.

5. The lens module as described in claim 4 , wherein the first surface of the extending portion abuts with a bottom end of the first lens group.

6. The lens module as described in claim 4 , wherein the extending portion is sunken from the first surface towards an image side direction to form a groove, the first lens group is provided above the groove and is spaced from the extending portion.

7. The lens module as described in claim 5 , wherein a position of a bottom end of the first lens group close to the lens barrel is provided with a concave portion, the concave portion and the first inner wall of the lens barrel form an adhesive accommodating groove for accommodating adhesive.

8. The lens module as described in claim 4 , wherein the extending portion is of a ring shaped structure.

9. The lens module as described in claim 4 , wherein the main portion and the extending portion of the spacer surround to form accommodating space for accommodating the second lens group, the second surface of the extending portion abuts with a top end of the second lens group.

10. The lens module as described in claim 3 , wherein the lens barrel is sunken from the bottom end thereof towards an object side direction to form a receiving groove, the first thread is provided in the receiving groove.

11. The lens module as described in claim 2 , wherein the thread fitting portion comprises a first thread provided on the first outer wall of the lens barrel and a second thread provided on the second inner wall of the spacer.

12. The lens module according to claim 11 , wherein the spacer comprises a main portion, an extending portion formed by extending from the main portion towards an optical axis direction, and a convex portion formed by extending from the extending portion towards an object side direction, the extending portion comprises a first surface close to an object side and a second surface far away from the object side, the second thread is provided on the convex portion.

13. The lens module as described in claim 12 , wherein the first surface of the extending portion abuts with a bottom end of the first lens group.

14. The lens module as described in claim 12 , wherein the first lens group is provided above the first surface and is spaced from the first surface of the extending portion.

15. The lens module as described in claim 13 , wherein a position of a bottom end of the first lens group close to the lens barrel is provided with a concave portion, the concave portion and the first inner wall of the lens barrel form an adhesive accommodating groove for accommodating adhesive.

16. The lens module as described in claim 12 , wherein the extending portion is of a ring shaped structure.

17. The lens module as described in claim 12 , wherein the main portion and the extending portion of the spacer surround to form accommodating space for accommodating the second lens group, the second surface of the extending portion abuts with a top end of the second lens group.

18. The lens module as described in claim 11 , wherein the lens barrel is sunken from the bottom end thereof towards an object side direction to form a receiving groove, the first thread is provided in the receiving groove.

19. The lens module as described in claim 1 , wherein the lens barrel is fixed with the spacer via a clamp fitting portion.

20. The lens module as described in claim 19 , wherein the clamp fitting portion comprises a first clamping portion provided on the first inner wall of the lens barrel and a second clamping portion provided on the second outer wall of the spacer.

21. The lens module according to claim 20 , wherein the spacer comprises a main portion, an extending portion formed by extending from the main portion towards an optical axis direction, and a convex portion formed by extending from the extending portion towards an object side direction, the second clamping portion is provided on the convex portion.

22. The lens module as described in claim 21 , wherein a top end of the convex portion abuts with a bottom end of the first lens group.

23. The lens module as described in claim 21 , wherein the first lens group is spaced from the spacer.

24. The lens module as described in claim 22 , wherein a position of a bottom end of the first lens group close to the lens barrel is provided with a concave portion, the concave portion and the first inner wall of the lens barrel form an adhesive accommodating groove for accommodating adhesive.

25. The lens module as described in claim 21 , wherein the first clamping portion is a structure formed by protruding towards the optical axis direction, the second clamping portion is a structure formed by sinking towards the optical axis direction.

26. The lens module as described in claim 21 , wherein the first clamping portion is a structure formed by sinking towards an opposite direction of the optical axis direction, the second clamping portion is a structure formed by protruding towards an opposite direction of the optical axis direction.

27. The lens module as described in claim 25 , wherein surfaces of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are both of an arc shape.

28. The lens module as described in claim 21 , wherein the first outer wall of the second barrel wall of the lens barrel is level with the second outer wall of the main portion of the spacer.

29. The lens module as described in claim 20 , wherein the lens barrel is sunken from the bottom end thereof towards an object side direction to form a receiving groove, the first clamping portion is provided in the receiving groove.

30. The lens module as described in claim 19 , wherein the clamp fitting portion comprises a first clamping portion provided on the first outer wall of the lens barrel and a second clamping portion provided on the second inner wall of the spacer.

31. The lens module according to claim 30 , wherein the spacer comprises a main portion, an extending portion formed by extending from the main portion towards an optical axis direction, and a convex portion formed by extending from the main portion towards the object side direction, the extending portion comprises a first surface close to an object side and a second surface far away from the object side, the second clamping portion is provided on the convex portion.

32. The lens module as described in claim 31 , wherein the first surface of the extending portion abuts with a bottom end of the first lens group.

33. The lens module as described in claim 31 , wherein the first surface of the extending portion is spaced from the first lens group.

34. The lens module as described in claim 32 , wherein a position at a bottom end of the first lens group close to the lens barrel is provided with a concave portion, the concave portion and the first inner wall of the lens barrel form an adhesive accommodating groove for accommodating adhesive.

35. The lens module as described in claim 31 , wherein the first clamping portion is a structure formed by protruding towards an opposite direction of the optical axis direction, the second clamping portion is a structure formed by sinking towards an opposite direction of the optical axis direction.

36. The lens module as described in claim 31 , wherein the first clamping portion is a structure formed by sinking towards the optical axis direction, the second clamping portion is a structure formed by protruding towards the optical axis direction.

37. The lens module as described in claim 35 , wherein surfaces of the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion are both of an arc shape.

38. The lens module as described in claim 30 , wherein the lens barrel is sunken from the bottom end thereof towards an object side direction to form a receiving groove, the first clamping portion is provided in the receiving groove.

39. The lens module as described in claim 1 , wherein the lens module further comprises a stopper provided at an end of the second lens group close to the image side.

40. The lens module as described in claim 3 , wherein the lens module further comprises a stopper provided at an end of the second lens group close to the image side.

41. The lens module as described in claim 11 , wherein the lens module further comprises a stopper provided at an end of the second lens group close to the image side.

42. The lens module as described in claim 20 , wherein the lens module further comprises a stopper provided at an end of the second lens group close to the image side.

43. The lens module as described in claim 30 , wherein the lens module further comprises a stopper provided at an end of the second lens group close to the image side.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2020
From: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
To: AAC OPTICS SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 052423/0632 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2017
From: WEI, CHUANDONG
To: AAC TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 041128/0815 →
Priority Claims (4)
CN 2016 2 1353104 U · Dec 10, 2016 · national
CN 2016 2 1353141 U · Dec 10, 2016 · national
CN 2016 2 1353200 U · Dec 10, 2016 · national
CN 2016 2 1353209 U · Dec 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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