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Granted Patent B2
US 12,619,048 · App. 18/461,895 · Granted May 5, 2026

Lens and lens module having the same

Inventors: Eun Chong Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Hwan Soo Park (Suwon-si, KR); Kyu Min Chae (Suwon-si, KR); Hyuk Joo Kim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G02B7/028G02B7/021
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,619,048
App. No.
18/461,895
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens module is provided. The lens module includes a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging side, a first spacing member disposed between the first lens and the second lens and having a first passage extending in a direction that intersects an optical axis, a second spacing member disposed between the second lens and the third lens and having a second passage extending in a direction that intersects the optical axis, and a lens barrel configured to accommodate the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the first spacing member and the second spacing member, and configured to have a first connection passage disposed on an inner side surface and connected to the first passage and the second passage.

Claims (18)

1 . A lens module, comprising:

a first lens, a second lens, and a third lens sequentially disposed from an object side to an imaging side;

a first spacing member, disposed between the first lens and the second lens, and having a first passage that extends in a direction that intersects an optical axis;

a second spacing member, disposed between the second lens and the third lens, and having a second passage that extends in the direction that intersects the optical axis; and

a lens barrel configured to accommodate the first lens, the second lens, the third lens, the first spacing member and the second spacing member, and configured to have a first connection passage disposed on an inner side surface and connected to the first passage and the second passage,

wherein the first lens has protrusions disposed on a flange portion at a first interval (G) in a circumferential direction and configured to form a lens passage connecting an object-side space and/or an image-side space thereof and an outer space of the flange portion, and

wherein 0.06<APsum/AL<0.1, where APsum is a sum of cross-sectional areas of the protrusions, and AL is a cross-sectional area of the first lens.

2 . The lens module of claim 1 , wherein the first passage is disposed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the first spacing member.

3 . The lens module of claim 1 , wherein a length of the first spacing member in the optical axis direction is less than a length of the second spacing member in the optical axis direction.

4 . The lens module of claim 1 , wherein a maximum distance from an image-side surface of the first lens to an object-side surface of the second lens is less than a maximum distance from an image-side surface of the second lens to an object-side surface of the third lens.

5 . The lens module of claim 1 , wherein an image-side surface of the first lens and an object-side surface of the second lens are respectively concave.

6 . The lens module of claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth lens disposed on an image side of the third lens; and

a third spacing member disposed between the third lens and the fourth lens, and having a third passage that extends in a direction that intersects the optical axis.

7 . The lens module of claim 6 , wherein a maximum distance from an image-side surface of the first lens to an object-side surface of the second lens is less than a maximum distance from an image-side surface of the third lens to an object-side surface of the fourth lens.

8 . The lens module of claim 6 , wherein a second connection passage connecting the first passage and the third passage is provided on the inner side surface of the lens barrel.

9 . The lens module of claim 6 , wherein a third connection passage connecting the second passage and the third passage is provided on the inner side surface of the lens barrel.

10 . An electronic device, comprising the lens module of claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2023
From: LEE, EUN CHONG; PARK, HWAN SOO; CHAE, KYU MIN; KIM, HYUK JOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064814/0493 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2022-0140428 · Oct 27, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0144846 · Nov 3, 2022 · national
KR 10-2023-0054192 · Apr 25, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240142744A1 · May 2, 2024
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