IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,631,845
Granted Patent B2
US 12,631,845 · App. 18/187,060 · Granted May 19, 2026

Imaging lens assembly, camera module and electronic device

Inventors: Chih-Wen Hsu (Taichung, TW); Heng-Yi Su (Taichung, TW); Chun-Jui Pan (Taichung, TW); Ming-Ta Chou (Taichung, TW)
Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
G02B7/021G02B5/005G03B9/02G03B30/00
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Patent No.
US 12,631,845
App. No.
18/187,060
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging lens assembly, having an optical axis, includes an imaging lens set and a lens holding member. The lens holding member accommodates the imaging lens set for aligning the imaging lens set with the optical axis. The lens holding member includes a plurality of light-blocking structures, which are disposed on an object side of the imaging lens set and surround the optical axis for forming a light passing hole. Each of the light-blocking structures is a straight-line shape and has two end points and one central point, and the central point is closer to the optical axis than each of the two end points thereto. A maximum radius of the light passing hole is defined by a position near each of the two end points, and a minimum radius thereof is defined by a position near the central point.

Claims (40)

1 . An imaging lens assembly, having an optical axis, comprising:

an imaging lens set, the optical axis passing through the imaging lens set; and

a lens holding member accommodating the imaging lens set for aligning the imaging lens set with the optical axis, and comprising:

a plurality of light-blocking structures disposed on an object side of the imaging lens set and surrounding the optical axis for forming a light passing hole;

wherein each of the light-blocking structures is a straight-line shape and has two end points and one central point, the central point is closer to the optical axis than each of the two end points to the optical axis on each of the light-blocking structures, a maximum radius of the light passing hole is defined as Rmax by a position near each of the two end points of each of the light-blocking structures, and a minimum radius of the light passing hole is defined as Rmin by a position near the central point of each of the light-blocking structures, which is closest to the optical axis;

wherein a total number of the light-blocking structures is N, and the following condition is satisfied:

3≤ N< 40;

wherein the lens holding member further comprises a plurality of radius structures, wherein each of the radius structures is an arc-shaped structure between two adjacent light-blocking structures, and each of the radius structures is connected to one of the two end points of an adjacent one of the light-blocking structures.

2 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lens holding member and the light-blocking structures are formed integrally.

3 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 2 , wherein there is no contact between the light-blocking structures and the imaging lens set.

4 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 3 , wherein when the total number of the light-blocking structures is between 7 and 22, the light passing hole has a circularity tolerance value being t and a circularity coefficient being tc, and the following conditions are satisfied:

0.01< t< 0.08; and

1.02%< tc< 9.90%;

wherein t=Rmax-Rmin; and tc=t/Rmax×100%.

5 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 4 , wherein the circularity coefficient of the light passing hole is tc, and the following condition is satisfied:

1.12%< tc< 8.05%.

6 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 1 , wherein there is an angle being θ between two connecting lines from the two end points, respectively, of each of the light-blocking structures to the optical axis.

7 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 6 , wherein the minimum radius of the light passing hole defined as Rmin is for defining an equivalent number of the light-blocking structures as N′, the light passing hole has a circularity tolerance value being t and a circularity coefficient being tc, and the following conditions are satisfied:

N′= 360°/θ;

7< N′< 22;

0.01< t< 0.08; and

1.02%< tc< 9.90%;

wherein N′≠N, t=Rmax−Rmin, and tc=t/Rmax×100%.

8 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 7 , wherein the circularity coefficient of the light passing hole is tc, and the following condition is satisfied:

1.12%< tc< 8.05%.

9 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 3 , wherein each of the light-blocking structures is formed by connecting and intersecting a first tapered surface and a second tapered surface.

10 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 9 , wherein the first tapered surface faces toward an object side of the imaging lens assembly and tapers toward an image side of the imaging lens assembly.

11 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 10 , wherein the second tapered surface faces toward the image side of the imaging lens assembly and tapers toward the object side of the imaging lens assembly.

12 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 3 , wherein each of the light-blocking structures overlaps with the imaging lens set along a direction parallel to the optical axis.

13 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 12 , wherein the light passing hole is an aperture of the imaging lens assembly for controlling an amount of incident light of the imaging lens assembly.

14 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 13 , wherein a focal length of the imaging lens assembly is EFL, and the following condition is satisfied:

1.0< EFL /(2× R min)<3.0.

15 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 3 , wherein the light passing hole is shaped as an N-sided polygon.

16 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 3 , wherein the light passing hole is shaped as a regular polygon.

17 . The imaging lens assembly of claim 3 , wherein the lens holding member has at least two gate marks.

18 . A camera module, comprising:

the imaging lens assembly of claim 1 .

19 . An electronic device, comprising:

the camera module of claim 18 ; and

an image sensor disposed on an image surface of the camera module.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2023
From: HSU, CHIH-WEN; SU, HENG-YI; PAN, CHUN-JUI; CHOU, MING-TA
To: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063044/0570 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 111117224 · May 6, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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