Patent ID: 8902352
Filing Date: 2014-12-02
Classification: G02B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A camera module comprising: a lens assembly that includes a lens barrel having a first cylindrical portion that includes an externally threaded portion and a second cylindrical portion that has a larger diameter than the externally threaded portion; an external cylindrical surface on the second cylindrical portion of the lens assembly; at least one protruding tab included on the external cylindrical surface; an image sensor; a lens moving mechanism that includes a movable sleeve having internal threads that receive the externally threaded portion of the lens assembly, the lens moving mechanism being coupled to the image sensor such that the second cylindrical portion of the lens assembly is closest to the image sensor, the lens moving mechanism having an opening to receive the lens assembly that requires alignment of the at least one protruding tab to a corresponding recess in the opening of the lens moving mechanism.