Patent ID: 8149321

Claim:
A camera module comprising: a housing that is formed in a rectangular box shape and has a cylindrical barrel coupling portion extending upward from a central portion thereof; an image sensor module that is mounted in the housing; a lens barrel that includes: a lens insertion port provided in a central portion of the lens barrel; and a housing coupling portion extending downward from the lens barrel, the housing coupling portion being closely coupled to the barrel coupling portion of the housing; a wafer lens that is mounted in the lens insertion port of the lens barrel; and a lens fixing cap that is covered on the upper end portion of the lens barrel, wherein a male screw portion is formed on an outer circumference of the cylindrical barrel coupling portion and a female screw portion is formed on an inner circumference of the housing coupling portion, and wherein the housing and the lens barrel are coupled to each other by screw-coupling between the male screw portion and the female screw portion.