Patent ID: 8264786

Claim:
A lens module comprising: a lens barrel comprising a main body with an inner sidewall; a lens received in the main body and comprising an optical portion and a non-optical portion surrounding the optical portion; an aperture plate disposed on the image-side surface of the non-optical portion of the lens, the aperture plate defining a plurality of cutouts in an outer periphery thereof, the outer periphery abutting the inner sidewall of the main body, the cutouts opposite to the inner sidewall of the main body; an adhesive applied in the cutouts to firmly attach the aperture plate on the image-side surface of the non-optical portion of the lens and fixed on the inner sidewall of the main body; wherein the lens barrel comprises an annular aperture plate positioned at the object-side end of the main body, the annular aperture plate defines an aperture opening generally at the center thereof, the aperture opening tapers towards the image-side of the lens barrel.