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Granted Patent B2
US 12,572,057 · App. 18/773,109 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Camera module

Inventors: Kyeong Mok Yoon (Seoul, KR); Min Woo Lee (Seoul, KR); Seung Man Jeong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
G03B17/08G03B17/55
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Patent No.
US 12,572,057
App. No.
18/773,109
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera module includes a first body including a lens; a second body coupled to the first body, and including a hole; and a shield cover disposed within the second body. The shield cover is adhered to the second body. A portion of a side plate of the shield cover is exposed by means of the hole of the second body.

Claims (45)

1 . A camera module comprising:

a first body comprising a lens;

a second body coupled to the first body and comprising a hole; and

a shield cover disposed in the second body,

wherein the shield cover is attached to the second body,

wherein the second body and the shield cover are formed of different material,

wherein a portion of a side plate of the shield cover is exposed by the hole of the second body,

wherein the second body comprises a bottom plate and a side plate extended from the bottom plate in a direction toward the first body,

wherein the side plate of the second body comprises a first region being attached to the shield cover, and a second region not being attached to the shield cover and the first body, and

wherein a thickness of the second region of the second body is greater than a thickness of the first region of the second body.

2 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the second body is formed of a plastic material, and

wherein the shield cover is formed of a metal material.

3 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the shield cover is insert-injected into the second body.

4 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein a bonding surface of the shield cover attaching the shield cover to the second body comprises a surface treatment layer.

5 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein a bonding surface of the shield cover attaching the shield cover to the second body is formed with nano-sized pores.

6 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein a bonding surface of the shield cover attaching the shield cover to the second body comprises a coating layer or a film layer.

7 . The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein an inner side surface of the second region of the side plate of the second body is protruded more inward than an inner side surface of the first region of the side plate of the second body.

8 . The camera module according to claim 7 , wherein an inner side surface of the first region and an inner side surface of the second region of the side plate of the second body comprise a step structure.

9 . The camera module according to claim 8 , wherein a sum of a thickness of the side plate of the shield cover and a thickness of the first region of the side plate of the second body is greater than a thickness of the second region.

10 . The camera module according to claim 9 , wherein an inner side surface of the side plate of the shield cover is protruded more inward than an inner side surface of the first region of the side plate of the second body.

11 . The camera module according to claim 8 , wherein a thickness of the side plate of the shield cover is thinner than a thickness of the second region of the side plate of the second body.

12 . The camera module according to claim 11 , wherein a width between inner side surfaces of the first region of the second body facing each other is greater than a width between inner side surfaces of the second region of the second body facing each other.

13 . The camera module according to claim 7 , wherein the shield cover comprises a bottom plate disposed in the bottom plate of the second body, and a side plate disposed in the side plate of the first body, and

wherein the side plate of the shield cover is disposed in the first region of the second body.

14 . The camera module according to claim 1 ,

wherein the hole of the second body comprises a first hole formed in the bottom plate of the second body, and a second hole formed in the side plate of the second body, and

wherein a shape of the first hole is different from a shape of the second hole.

15 . The camera module according to claim 14 , wherein the side plate of the second body comprises a first side plate, a second side plate, a third side plate disposed at an opposite side of the first side plate, and a fourth side plate disposed at an opposite side of the second side plate,

wherein a plurality of the second holes are formed in each of the first to fourth side plates,

wherein the second hole is disposed in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, and

wherein a length of the first side plate in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction is 1.5 to 2.5 times a sum of a lengths of the plurality of second holes formed in the first side plate in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis.

16 . The camera module according to claim 15 , wherein a cross-sectional area of the first side plate is 3 to 5 times a total area of the plurality of second holes formed in the first side plate.

17 . The camera module according to claim 14 , wherein the shield cover comprises a bottom plate disposed in the bottom plate of the second body, and a side plate extended from the bottom plate of the shield cover and disposed on the side plate of the second body,

wherein at least a portion of the bottom plate of the shield cover is exposed by the first hole of the second body, and

wherein at least a portion of the side plate of the shield cover is exposed through the second hole of the second body.

18 . The camera module according to claim 1 , further comprising a board assembly comprising a first substrate coupled to the first body, a second substrate disposed below the first substrate, a spacer separating the first substrate and the second substrate, and a third substrate electrically connecting the first substrate and the second substrate.

19 . A camera module comprising:

a first body comprising a lens;

a second body coupled to the first body and comprising a hole, and

a shield cover disposed in the second body and coupled to the second body,

wherein the shield cover is attached to the second body,

wherein a portion of a side plate of the shield cover is exposed by the hole of the second body,

wherein the second body comprises a bottom plate and a side plate extended from the bottom plate in a direction toward the first body,

wherein the side plate of the second body comprises a first region being attached to the shield cover, and a second region not being attached to the shield cover and the first body, and

wherein a thickness of the second region of the second body is greater than a thickness of the first region of the second body.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0075219 · Jun 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18010240
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