US 12,222,522 B2
Folded module and portable electronic device including a folded module
Young Hwan Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Nam Ki Park, Suwon-si (KR); Young Bok Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Kyung Hun Lee, Suwon-si (KR); and Soon Seok Kang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/512,460.
Application 18/512,460 is a continuation of application No. 18/299,899, filed on Apr. 13, 2023.
Application 18/299,899 is a continuation of application No. 17/142,717, filed on Jan. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,656,476, issued on May 23, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0032090 (KR), filed on Mar. 16, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0079633 (KR), filed on Jun. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0085720 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G02B 7/18 (2021.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01); G03B 17/17 (2021.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/646 (2013.01) [G02B 7/18 (2013.01); G02B 13/0065 (2013.01); G02B 26/085 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 17/17 (2013.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0023 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folded module, comprising:
a housing;
a carrier disposed in the housing and rotatable with respect to the housing about a first axis perpendicular to an optical axis;
a rotation holder disposed on the carrier and rotatable with respect to the carrier about a second axis both perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis;
a reflective member disposed on the rotation holder and configured to change a path of incident light; and
a first auxiliary member coupled to the carrier to surround a portion of the rotation holder,
wherein the first auxiliary member comprises a damping member protruding in a direction parallel to the first axis.