Patent ID: 8804032
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: an image sensor module; a lens stack disposed on the image sensor module, the lens stack including a plurality of lenses, a plurality of glass wafers, and a plurality of spacers; a protective tube disposed on the image sensor module and enclosing the lens stack, the protective tube including an outer wall having a snap-in latch element disposed thereon; and a metal housing enclosing the protective tube, the metal housing including a housing foot and inner wall having an opposite snap-in latch element disposed thereon, wherein the image sensor module is adapted to be secured and aligned between the housing foot of the metal housing and the protective tube when the opposite snap-in latch element of the metal housing is engaged with the snap-in latch element of the protective tube, wherein the protective tube.