Patent ID: 9426457
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A test socket for camera modules, comprising: a base plate provided with a loading unit on which a camera module to be tested is placed; a slider formed on the base plate and horizontally movable thereon; an upper plate formed on the slider to move up or down thereon, and including a cover corresponding to an upper portion of the camera module; a vertical cylinder allowing the upper plate to vertically reciprocate with respect to the slider; and a pin block formed on the loading unit or the cover and connected to a contact point of the camera module; wherein the slider is reciprocated between a forward location close to the camera module and a backward location separated from the camera module, and the cover is placed vertically above the camera module at the forward location, and is spaced from the camera module at the backward location; and wherein, when the slider is placed at the forward location and the cover is at a lower position to compress and secure the camera module between the loading unit and the cover, the lens unit of the camera module extends through the through-hole of the cover and projects upwardly from an upper opening of the through-hole.