Patent ID: 7321726

Claim:
A camera module comprising: an optical lens system, a lens moving mechanism for moving moving-lenses in said optical lens system in a predetermined direction in order to perform focal adjustment and/or to change image magnification, a lens holder or holders for retaining said moving lenses, a first housing composing a casing of the camera module to which said lens moving mechanism and said lens holder or holders are mounted retaining at least a part of the lenses of said optical lens system and having a first side wall which is located at said part of the lenses and formed to have at least partially thick-walled part and a second side wall, a second housing to which a driving source for driving said lens moving mechanism is attached, a first and a second opening part defined in said first and/or said second housing, guide shafts located at side end parts of said first side wall of said first housing for guiding the movement of said lens holder or holders, a cylindrical cam located at a fringe part of said second opening part of said first housing in the vicinity of the periphery of said lens holder or holders for moving said lens holder or holders in the direction of the optical direction, and cover plates for covering said first and second opening parts, wherein said first housing and said second housing are joined together to form said casing of the camera module, wherein all of said optical lens system, said lens moving mechanism, said lens holder or holders, said driving source, said guide shafts, and said cylindrical cam are in said casing.