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Granted Patent B2
US 12,572,053 · App. 18/226,428 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Notebook computer including camera module shield

Inventors: Ssu-Min Wu (Taipei, TW); Yen-Ting Liu (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
G03B11/043G06F1/1686
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,572,053
App. No.
18/226,428
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A notebook computer is disclosed. The notebook computer includes a screen and a host. The screen includes a housing with a frame and a back cover, a camera module, and a shield. The back cover is connected to the frame and a side wall is formed adjacent to a junction of the back cover and the frame. The frame is provided with a first opening and the side wall is provided with a second opening. The camera module is arranged in the housing and includes a lens facing the first opening. The shield includes a shielding portion and an operating portion. The shielding portion is arranged in the housing and located between the lens and the first opening. The operating portion is movably arranged in the second opening and linked to the shielding portion to drive the shielding portion to move between an opening position and a shielding portion.

Claims (15)

1 . A notebook computer, comprising:

a screen, comprising:

a housing, comprising a frame and a back cover, wherein the back cover is connected to the frame and a side wall is formed adjacent to a junction of the back cover and the frame, the frame is provided with a first opening, and the side wall is provided with a second opening;

a camera module, arranged in the housing and comprising a lens facing the first opening; and

a shield, comprising a shielding portion and an operating portion, wherein the shielding portion is arranged in the housing and located between the lens and first opening, and the operating portion is movably arranged in the second opening and linked to the shielding portion to drive the shielding portion to move between an opening position and a shielding position; and

a host, pivotally connected to the screen,

wherein the shield comprises a pivot pivotally connected to the housing, and the shielding portion and the operating portion are located on two opposite sides of the pivot,

wherein the shield is in a disc-like structure, and

wherein the shield is sector-shaped, the pivot is located at the sector-shaped shield, the operating portion is at a circular edge of the sector-shaped shield, the operating portion is at least partially exposed through the second opening, and the shielding portion is adjacent to a linear edge of the sector-shaped shield.

2 . The notebook computer according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding portion and the operating portion are integrally formed.

3 . The notebook computer according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding portion comprises a circular hole, and the circular hole is aligned with the first opening when the shielding portion is at the opening position.

4 . The notebook computer according to claim 1 , wherein the operating portion is movably arranged in the second opening along a first direction.

5 . The notebook computer according to claim 1 , wherein the shielding portion moves in a rotation mode between the opening position and the shielding position.

6 . The notebook computer according to claim 1 , wherein the frame has a first color, the shielding portion has a second color, and the second color is different from the first color.

7 . The notebook computer according to claim 1 , wherein the operating portion protrudes from the side wall through the second opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2023
From: WU, SSU-MIN; LIU, YEN-TING
To: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.
Reel/Frame 064485/0222 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 112108796 · Mar 9, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240302715A1 · Sep 12, 2024
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