Patent ID: 11934029
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 18:
19. A lens assembly comprising:
a first lens;
a second lens spaced apart from the first lens along an optical axis; and
a spacer disposed between along the optical axis the first lens and the second lens,
wherein each of the first lens, the second lens, and the spacer has a non-circular shape when viewed in a direction of the optical axis, a first axis intersecting the optical axis and perpendicular to the optical axis, and a second axis intersecting the optical axis and perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis, a length of the first axis being greater than a length of the second axis,
the spacer comprises:
a body portion comprising an opening enabling light to travel between the first lens and the second lens; and
a first extension portion protruding from one surface of the body portion and extending toward the first lens,

the one surface of the body portion is spaced apart from the first lens,
the first extension portion contacts and supports the first lens, and is discontinuous in a circumferential direction of the spacer around the optical axis,
the body portion further comprises:
an inner circumferential surface surrounding the opening; and
an outer circumferential surface surrounding the body portion, and

at least a portion of the inner circumferential surface and at least a portion of the outer circumferential surface are inclined in opposite directions relative to each other so that they approach each other as they approach the one surface of the body portion.