IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,785,318
Granted Patent B2
US 11,785,318 · App. 17/456,285 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Camera module including a housing with an adhesion surface

Inventors: Ji Hwan Park (Seoul, KR); Myoung Jin An (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
H04N23/54H04N23/51B60R1/00H05K1/144H05K1/181H05K5/006H05K5/0052H05K2201/10121H05K2201/10151
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Patent No.
US 11,785,318
App. No.
17/456,285
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

One embodiment relates to a camera module comprising: a housing; a first printed circuit board having an image sensor mounted thereon, and loaded in the housing such that the image sensor is accommodated in the housing; a second printed circuit board and a third printed circuit board sequentially arranged on the lower part of the first printed circuit board in the vertical direction; a support unit arranged in the housing while accommodating the first printed circuit board therein, and having a stepped portion including a first loading portion at which the second printed circuit board is placed and a second loading portion at which the third printed circuit board is placed; and a fixing unit coupled to the housing by penetrating through a first groove portion and a second groove portion, which are respectively formed at the edge parts of the second printed circuit board and the third printed circuit board, and through a third groove portion formed at the edge part of the support unit.

Claims (71)

1. A camera module comprising:

a housing including an adhesion surface;

a lens barrel disposed in the housing;

a first printed circuit board disposed on the housing;

an adhesion member disposed between the adhesion surface and the first printed circuit board;

a second printed circuit board disposed on the first printed circuit board;

a first flexible printed circuit board connecting the first printed circuit board with the second printed circuit board; and

a fixing unit coupled to the housing through the second printed circuit board,

wherein the second printed circuit board is coupled to the housing by the fixing unit,

wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a first groove at a first corner of the first printed circuit board and a second groove at a second corner of the first printed circuit board, and

wherein the fixing unit comprises a first fixing unit disposed outside the first groove and a second fixing unit disposed outside the second groove.

2. The camera module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first circuit board is physically spaced apart from the second printed circuit board, and

wherein a sectional area of the first printed circuit board is smaller than a sectional area of the second printed circuit board.

3. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the first groove is disposed to surround a portion of the first fixing unit and the second groove is disposed to surround a portion of the second fixing unit.

4. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit are disposed diagonally from each other, and

wherein the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit are disposed outside the adhesion surface.

5. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the housing includes a first hole disposed at a first corner of the housing and a second hole disposed at a second corner of the housing opposite from the first corner of the housing,

wherein the adhesion surface comprises a first curved part adjacent to the first corner of the housing and a second curved part adjacent to the second corner of the housing, and

wherein a portion of the first curved part has a shape corresponding to the first groove, and a portion of the second curved part has a shape corresponding to the second groove.

6. The camera module according to claim 5 , wherein the fixing unit is spaced apart from the first printed circuit board, and

wherein a portion of the first fixing unit is disposed in the first hole and a portion of the second fixing unit is disposed in the second hole.

7. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the adhesion surface corresponds to a shape of an outer perimeter of a first surface of the first printed circuit board,

wherein the adhesion member contacts the adhesion surface and the outer perimeter of the first surface of the first printed circuit board, and

wherein an image sensor is disposed on the first surface of the first printed circuit board.

8. The camera module according to claim 7 , wherein the first surface of the first circuit board faces the lens barrel and the adhesion surface, and

wherein the adhesion surface comprises a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions relative to the outer perimeter of the first surface of the first printed circuit board.

9. The camera module according to claim 8 , wherein the first circuit board comprises a second surface facing the second circuit board, the second surface of the first circuit board being opposite from the first surface of the first circuit board, and

wherein the second surface of the first printed circuit board is spaced apart from the second printed circuit board in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the lens barrel.

10. A camera module comprising:

a housing comprising an adhesion surface;

a lens barrel disposed in the housing;

a first printed circuit board disposed on the housing;

an adhesion member disposed between the adhesion surface and the first printed circuit board;

a second printed circuit board disposed on the first printed circuit board; and

a first flexible printed circuit board connecting the first printed circuit board with the second printed circuit board; and

a fixing unit comprising a first fixing unit and a second fixing unit coupled to the housing through the second printed circuit board,

wherein the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit are disposed diagonally from each other, and

wherein the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit are disposed outside the adhesion surface and the first printed circuit board.

11. The camera module according to claim 10 , wherein the fixing unit is spaced apart from the first printed circuit board.

12. The camera module according to claim 10 , wherein the adhesion surface comprises a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions relative to an outer perimeter of a first surface of the first printed circuit board.

13. The camera module according to claim 10 ,

wherein a sectional area of the first printed circuit board is smaller than a sectional area of the second printed circuit board, and

wherein an image sensor is disposed on the first printed circuit board.

14. The camera module according to claim 10 ,

wherein the housing comprises a first hole disposed at a first corner of the housing and a second hole disposed at a second corner of the housing opposite from the first corner of the housing,

wherein the adhesion surface comprises a first curved part adjacent to the first corner of the housing and a second curved part adjacent to the second corner of the housing, and

wherein a portion of the first fixing unit is disposed in the first hole and a portion of the second fixing unit is disposed in the second hole.

15. The camera module according to claim 14 , wherein the first circuit board comprises a first surface facing the adhesion surface and a second surface facing the second circuit board, the second surface of the first circuit board being opposite from the first surface of the first circuit board,

wherein the first printed circuit board has a first groove at a first corner thereof adjacent to the first corner of the housing and a second groove at a second corner thereof adjacent to the second corner of the housing, and

wherein a portion of the first groove has a shape corresponding to the first curved part of the adhesion surface of the housing, and a portion of the second groove has a shape corresponding to the second curved part of the adhesion surface of the second housing.

16. A camera module comprising:

a housing comprising an adhesion surface;

a lens barrel disposed in the housing;

a first printed circuit board disposed on the housing;

an adhesion member disposed between the adhesion surface and the first printed circuit board;

a second printed circuit board disposed on the first printed circuit board;

a first flexible printed circuit board connecting the first printed circuit board with the second printed circuit board; and

a fixing unit that penetrates the second printed circuit board and is coupled to the housing,

wherein at least two corners of the adhesion surface are recessed inwardly, and

wherein the adhesion surface comprises a plurality of concave portions and a plurality of convex portions.

17. The camera module according to claim 16 , wherein the first printed circuit board comprises a first groove at a first corner of the first printed circuit board and a second groove at a second corner of the first printed circuit board, and

wherein the fixing unit comprises a first fixing unit disposed in an area corresponding to the first groove and a second fixing unit disposed in an area corresponding to the second groove.

18. The camera module according to claim 16 , wherein the first circuit board is spaced apart from the second printed circuit board, and

wherein a sectional area of the first printed circuit board is smaller than a sectional area of the second printed circuit board, and

wherein an image sensor is disposed on the first printed circuit board.

19. The camera module according to claim 17 , wherein the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit are disposed diagonally from each other, and

wherein the first fixing unit and the second fixing unit are disposed outside the adhesion surface and the first printed circuit board.

20. The camera module according to claim 17 , wherein the housing comprises a first hole disposed at a first corner of the housing and a second hole disposed at a second corner of the housing opposite from the first corner of the housing,

wherein the adhesion surface comprises a first curved part adjacent to the first corner of the housing and a second curved part adjacent to the second corner of the housing, and

wherein a portion of the first curved part has a shape corresponding to the first groove and a portion of the second curved part has a shape corresponding to the second groove.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0146617 · Oct 21, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
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