Patent ID: 7345833

Claim:
A direction-turning device for a lens of a camera phone, the camera phone being provided with a chamber extending through the camera phone from a front side of the camera phone to a rear side of the camera phone, the chamber having a front and a rear side opening, each being covered with a transparent window, said device comprising: a lens base pivotally disposed in said chamber, the lens base being provided with a lens installed in a sidewall of the lens base, an upper pivot extending from an upper side of the lens base, a lower pivot extending from a lower side; a driving unit configured to rotate said lens base between a position wherein said lens faces toward said window at the front side of said camera phone and a position wherein said lens faces the rear side of said camera phone; and a positioning unit configured to securely and stably hold said lens base in position while said lens base is stopped from rotating; wherein said driving unit is provided with a worm gear fixed with said lower pivot of said lens base, a motor controlled by a button on said phone, and a worm driven by said motor and engaging with said worm gear, wherein activation of said motor causes said motor to drive said worm to rotate said worm gear, thereby rotating said lens base.