Patent ID: 9726847
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A camera module comprising: a lens assembly comprising a plurality of lens units having an outer peripheral portion; a lens barrel receiving the lens assembly; a connector connecting the lens assembly to the lens barrel; a housing coupled with the lens barrel; and a sensor in the housing; wherein the lens barrel is provided in a lower portion thereof with a receiving groove, and the receiving groove has a shape corresponding to a shape of the lens assembly; wherein an inner side surface of the lens barrel is spaced apart from both an outer top side surface and an outer bottom side surface of the lens assembly; wherein the connector contacts a bottom surface of the lens barrel and a bottom surface of the lens assembly, and the connector is disposed at a space formed between the inner side surface of the lens barrel and the outer bottom side surface of the lens assembly; wherein when the lens barrel is fully inserted into the housing, a top surface of the connector extends into the space formed between the inner side surface of the lens barrel and the outer bottom side surface of the lens assembly; wherein the lens assembly comprises a first lens unit, a second lens unit, and a third lens unit, and the first to third lens units are sequentially laminated; and wherein a portion of the first lens unit is spaced apart from a side surface of the inner side surface of the lens barrel, an entire side surface of the second lens unit is spaced apart from the side surface of the inner side surface of the lens barrel, and an entire side surface of the third lens unit is spaced apart from the side surface of the inner side surface of the lens barrel.