IP Library Granted Patent US 10,423,051
Granted Patent B2
US 10,423,051 · App. 15/950,211 · Granted Sep 24, 2019

Camera module

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Patent No.
US 10,423,051
App. No.
15/950,211
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera module includes a substrate having a first main surface mounted with an image sensor, a second main surface on the reverse side of the substrate from the first main surface in the predetermined direction, and is provided with at least one hole extending from the first main surface in the predetermined direction. The camera module further includes a holder which has a boss inserted from the first main surface into the at least one hole, and holds at least one lens. The camera module further includes a fixing part made of adhesive that is cured into an anchor shape. The fixing part fixes the boss inside the at least one hole.

Claims (34)

1. A camera module comprising:

a substrate having a first main surface mounted with an image sensor, and a second main surface on a reverse side of the substrate from the first main surface in a predetermined direction, and being provided with a hole extending from the first main surface in the predetermined direction;

a holder having a boss inserted into the hole from the first main surface, the holder holding at least one lens; and

a fixing part made of adhesive that is cured into an anchor shape, the fixing part fixing the boss inside the hole.

2. The camera module according to claim 1 ,

wherein a peripheral surface of the boss is provided with a groove.

3. The camera module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hole is a through-hole, and

the fixing part projects out of the through-hole in the predetermined direction and covers at least a part of the second main surface.

4. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the hole is a through hole.

5. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the anchor shape is a T-shape.

6. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the anchor shape is an H-shape sandwiching at least a portion of the substrate therebetween.

7. A camera module comprising:

a substrate having a first main surface mounted with an image sensor, and a second main surface on a reverse side of the substrate from the first main surface in a predetermined direction, and being provided with a hole extending from the first main surface in the predetermined direction;

a holder having a boss inserted into the hole from the first main surface, the holder holding at least one lens; and

a fixing part made of adhesive that is cured into an anchor shape, the fixing part fixing the boss inside the hole, wherein

the hole is a through-hole,

the camera module further comprises a cover covering the through-hole on the second main surface,

the cover is recessed in the predetermined direction and is provided with an opening, and

a rim of the opening of the cover is out of a rim of an opening of the through-hole when viewed two-dimensionally in the predetermined direction.

8. The camera module according to claim 7 ,

wherein the cover is further provided with a notch.

9. The camera module according to claim 7 ,

wherein the cover is formed of a conductor, and is electrically connected to a ground of the substrate.

10. The camera module according to claim 7 , wherein

a peripheral surface of the boss is provided with a groove.

11. A camera module comprising:

a substrate having a first main surface mounted with an image sensor, and a second main surface on a reverse side of the substrate from the first main surface in a predetermined direction, and being provided with a hole extending from the first main surface in the predetermined direction;

a holder having a boss inserted into the hole from the first main surface, the holder holding at least one lens; and

a fixing part made of adhesive that is cured into an anchor shape, the fixing part fixing the boss inside the hole, wherein

the hole is a through-hole, and

a diameter of an opening of the through-hole on the second main surface is larger than a diameter of another opening of the through-hole on the first main surface when viewed two-dimensionally in the predetermined direction.

12. The camera module according to claim 11 , wherein

a peripheral surface of the boss is provided with a groove.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0132 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 25, 2018
From: TAHARA, HIROYUKI; UEDA, TAKEHIRO; SIBUKAWA, KAZUO; KAMATANI, ATSUKI; HOTTA, YOSHIYUKI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046186/0195 →