US 12,007,669 B2
Camera module
Seung Hyeon Jeong, Suwon-si (KR); Nam Ki Park, Suwon-si (KR); Yeun Ho Jung, Suwon-si (KR); Young Bok Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Sung Hoon Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yoo Chang Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jae Hyuk Kim, 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 Jun. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/341,138.
Application 18/341,138 is a continuation of application No. 17/368,106, filed on Jul. 6, 2021, granted, now 11,726,391.
Application 17/368,106 is a continuation of application No. 16/365,986, filed on Mar. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,086,195, issued on Aug. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0091939 (KR), filed on Aug. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333451 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 7/04 (2021.01); G03B 13/34 (2021.01); H02K 41/035 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 13/34 (2013.01) [G02B 7/04 (2013.01); H02K 41/0354 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a lens module;
a housing accommodating the lens module;
a first ball member disposed between the lens module and the housing; and
a second ball member disposed between the lens module and the housing,
wherein the first ball member includes more balls than the second ball member,
wherein a first receiving space and a second receiving space are disposed between the lens module and the housing,
wherein the first receiving space extends in an optical axis direction and accommodates the first ball member,
wherein the second receiving space extends in the optical axis direction and accommodates the second ball member,
wherein a length of the first receiving space in the optical axis direction is greater than a length of the second receiving space in the optical axis direction.