IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,372,749
Granted Patent B2
US 12,372,749 · App. 17/749,213 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Imaging lens assembly module and electronic device

Inventors: Chen-Wei Fan (Taichung, TW); Chun-Hua Tsai (Taichung, TW); Ming-Ta Chou (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
G02B13/0015G02B7/021G02B13/0065G02B5/208
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Patent No.
US 12,372,749
App. No.
17/749,213
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an imaging lens assembly module including a baseplate and an imaging lens assembly. The imaging lens assembly includes an imaging lens set and a barrel. The imaging lens set includes at least one lens element. The at least one lens element includes two first trimmed surfaces. The barrel includes a barrel portion and a base portion. The barrel portion has a first inner surface, and the barrel portion includes two second trimmed surfaces. The barrel portion and the base portion are formed integrally, a shortest distance is defined between the first trimmed surfaces of the lens element, a shortest distance is defined between the second trimmed surfaces of the barrel portion, and the optical axis passes vertically through the shortest distance between the first trimmed surfaces and the shortest distance between the second trimmed surfaces.

Claims (45)

1. An imaging lens assembly module, comprising:

a baseplate, comprising:

an image sensor; and

an imaging lens assembly passed through by an optical axis, comprising:

an imaging lens set, comprising:

at least one lens element comprising two first trimmed surfaces, wherein the first trimmed surfaces are disposed symmetrically along the optical axis, and the first trimmed surfaces are trimmed from an outer annular surface of the at least one lens element to a direction close to the optical axis, so that a contour of the at least one lens element is non-circular along the optical axis; and

a barrel, comprising:

a barrel portion having a first inner surface, wherein a first inner space is defined by the first inner surface, the imaging lens set is disposed in the first inner space, and the barrel portion comprises:

two second trimmed surfaces disposed symmetrically along the optical axis, wherein the second trimmed surfaces are disposed on the first inner surface corresponding to the first trimmed surfaces, and the second trimmed surfaces are trimmed from the first inner surface to the direction close to the optical axis, so that a contour of the first inner surface is non-circular along the optical axis; and

a base portion having a second inner surface, wherein a second inner space is defined by the second inner surface, and the base portion extends from the barrel portion along the optical axis and substantially contacts the baseplate, so that a fixed distance is maintained between the barrel portion and an image surface;

wherein the first trimmed surfaces and the second trimmed surfaces are arranged air-gapped, and there is an air space disposed between the first trimmed surfaces and the second trimmed surfaces;

wherein the barrel portion and the base portion are formed integrally, a shortest distance is defined between the first trimmed surfaces of the at least one lens element, a shortest distance is defined between the second trimmed surfaces of the barrel portion, and the optical axis passes vertically through the shortest distance between the first trimmed surfaces and the shortest distance between the second trimmed surfaces;

wherein the shortest distance between the first trimmed surfaces is L 1 , the shortest distance between the second trimmed surfaces is L 2 , a diameter of the at least one lens element is φ, and the following condition is satisfied:

L 1< L 2<φ.

2. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 1 , wherein a height of the base portion of the barrel along the optical axis is H 1 , a height of the barrel as entire along the optical axis is H, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.13< H 1/ H< 0.84.

3. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 2 , wherein the shortest distance between the first trimmed surfaces is L 1 , the diameter of the at least one lens element is o, and the following condition is satisfied:

0.5< L 1/φ<0.8.

4. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 2 , wherein the base portion comprises two third trimmed surfaces, the third trimmed surfaces are disposed symmetrically along the optical axis, the third trimmed surfaces are disposed on the second inner surface, and the third trimmed surfaces are trimmed from the second inner surface to the direction close to the optical axis, so that a contour of the base portion is non-circular along the optical axis.

5. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 4 , wherein the base portion further comprises a matting layer, and the matting layer is disposed on the second inner surface.

6. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 2 , wherein the base portion comprises an IR filter, and the IR filter is disposed in the second inner space.

7. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 2 , wherein the base portion comprises a vent, the vent communicates the second inner space and an external space of the barrel, the vent extends along a direction parallel to the optical axis, and the vent is reduced gradually from the barrel portion to the base portion.

8. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 2 , wherein a number of the at least one lens element of the imaging lens set is plural, and one of the lens elements closest to an image side comprises the first trimmed surfaces.

9. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 8 , wherein the barrel further comprises two fourth trimmed surfaces, the fourth trimmed surfaces are disposed symmetrically along the optical axis, the fourth trimmed surfaces are disposed on an outer surface of the barrel, the fourth trimmed surfaces are trimmed from the outer surface of the barrel to the direction close to the optical axis, and the fourth trimmed surfaces extend along the optical axis from the barrel portion to the base portion, so that a contour of the barrel is non-circular along the optical axis.

10. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 9 , wherein at least two of the lens elements adjacent to each other from the lens element closest to the image side to an object side comprise the first trimmed surfaces.

11. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 9 , wherein each of the lens elements from an object side to the image side comprises the first trimmed surfaces.

12. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 9 , wherein a first shortest width is defined between the fourth trimmed surfaces of the barrel closest to the image side, the optical axis passes vertically through the first shortest width, the first shortest width is W 1 , and the following condition is satisfied:

0.8 mm< W 1<2.2 mm.

13. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 12 , wherein a second shortest width is defined between the fourth trimmed surfaces of the barrel closest to an object side, the optical axis passes vertically through the second shortest width, the first shortest width is W 1 , the second shortest width is W 2 , and the following condition is satisfied:

0.7 mm<( W 1+ W 2)/2<2.1 mm.

14. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 9 , wherein a first shortest width is defined between the fourth trimmed surfaces of the barrel closest to the image side, a second shortest width is defined between the fourth trimmed surfaces of the barrel closest to an object side, the optical axis passes vertically through the first shortest width and the second shortest width, there is a width difference between the first shortest width and the second shortest width, the first shortest width is W 1 , the second shortest width is W 2 , the width difference is ΔW, and the following conditions are satisfied:

Δ W=|W 1− W 2|; and

0.005 mm<Δ W/ 2<0.2 mm.

15. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 8 , wherein the lens element closest to the image side of the lens elements is connected to the barrel by an adhesive dispensing process.

16. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 8 , wherein the lens elements respectively comprise an edge portion and an optical effective portion, the edge portion is farther away from the optical axis than the optical effective portion, the optical effective portion has a refractive power, and a contour of the optical effective portion is non-circular along the optical axis due to the first trimmed surfaces;

wherein the shortest distance between the first trimmed surfaces is L 1 , a diameter of the optical effective portion of each of the lens element is φeff, and the following condition is satisfied:

L 1<φeff.

17. The imaging lens assembly module of claim 1 , further comprising:

a light path turning element for guiding a light to the imaging lens assembly.

18. An electronic device, comprising:

a panel screen; and

the imaging lens assembly module of claim 1 , wherein the imaging lens assembly module is disposed close to the panel screen peripherally;

wherein a screen to body ratio of the panel screen to the electronic device is at least 92%.

19. The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the screen to body ratio of the panel screen to the electronic device is at least 95%.

20. The electronic device of claim 19 , wherein the electronic device is a notebook computer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2022
From: FAN, CHEN-WEI; TSAI, CHUN-HUA; CHOU, MING-TA
To: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63211037 · Jun 16, 2021
Related Publication 20220404583A1 · Dec 22, 2022
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