US 12,273,608 B2
Folded module and camera module including folded module
Young Hwan Kwon, Suwon-si (KR); Nam Ki Park, Suwon-si (KR); Young Bok Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Soon Seok Kang, Suwon-si (KR); and Jae Won Jung, 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 Dec. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/541,314.
Application 18/541,314 is a continuation of application No. 17/583,779, filed on Jan. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,889,169.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0026736 (KR), filed on Feb. 26, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0073616 (KR), filed on Jun. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0114221 A1, Apr. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/51 (2023.01) [H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folded module comprising:
a housing;
a carrier disposed in the housing; and
a rotation holder disposed on the carrier and on which a reflective member is disposed,
wherein the carrier is configured to be rotatable about a first axis perpendicular to an optical axis, and the rotation holder is configured to be rotatable about a second axis perpendicular to the optical axis and the first axis,
wherein the housing and the carrier each comprise an auxiliary guide groove and the auxiliary guide groove in the housing is positioned to face the auxiliary guide groove in the carrier, and
wherein a center line of each of the auxiliary guide grooves in a longitudinal direction is arc-shaped having a radius about the first axis, and a portion of the center line is disposed outside of the carrier.