Patent ID: 7768724
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A method for making a camera module, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a mold with a mold cavity; (b) mounting at least a sensing element and a lens within the mold cavity in such a manner that the sensing element and the lens are spaced apart in an axial direction from each other; and (c) forming a barrel by injecting a molding material into the mold cavity and by molding the molding material over the sensing element and the lens, wherein the molding material flows onto a peripheral portion of an outer surface of the sensing element which is axially opposite to the lens so that the outer surface of the sensing element is partially enclosed by the barrel, and wherein the mounting of the sensing element and the lens comprises positioning and centering the sensing element and the lens within the mold cavity by moving upper and lower positioners within the mold to abut against the lens and the sensing element, respectively, and by moving two opposite side positioners within the mold to abut against the lens and the sensing element, wherein the side positioners are moved in directions which are transverse to moving directions of the upper and lower positioners.