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Granted Patent B2
US 8,532,475 · App. 13/108,411 · Granted Sep 10, 2013

Camera module

Inventors: Yong Gu Kim (Seoul, KR); Sang Jin Lee (Gyunggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,532,475
App. No.
13/108,411
Granted
Sep 10, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a camera module, including: a lens barrel having a plurality of lenses embedded therein to collect images of external subjects; a housing receiving the lens barrel; a sealing member provided between the lens barrel and the housing to seal a space therebetween; and a bonding part performing bonding treatment on a space between the lens barrel and the sealing member.

Claims (17)

1. A camera module, comprising:

a lens barrel having a plurality of lenses embedded therein to collect images from external subjects;

a housing receiving the lens barrel;

a sealing member provided between the lens barrel and the housing to seal a space therebetween; and

a bonding part performing bonding treatment on a space between the lens barrel and the sealing member.

2. The camera module as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the outer peripheral surface of the lens barrel is provided with a screw thread and the inner peripheral surface of the sealing member is provided with a screw groove to be engaged with the screw thread.

3. The camera module as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the sealing member is made of a silicon material or a rubber material.

4. The camera module as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the sealing member and the housing are selectively provided with a screw thread and a screw groove to be engaged with each other.

5. The camera module as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the sealing member and the housing are integrally formed with each other.

6. A camera module, comprising:

a lens barrel having a plurality of lenses embedded therein to collect images from external subjects;

a housing receiving the lens barrel;

a sealing member provided between the lens barrel and the housing to seal a space therebetween; and

a bonding part performing bonding treatment on a space between the lens barrel and the sealing member to be sealed,

wherein the outer peripheral surface of the lens barrel is provided with a screw thread and the inner peripheral surface of the sealing member is provided with a screw groove to be engaged with the screw thread, and

wherein the sealing member is made of a silicon material or a rubber material.

7. The camera module as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the sealing member and the housing are integrally formed with each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2011
From: KIM, YONG GU; LEE, SANG JIN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0046497 · May 18, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110286737A1 · Nov 24, 2011