US 12,422,642 B2
Camera module
Se Yeon Hwang, Suwon-si (KR); Kyung Ho Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Seok Hwan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); and Seung Jae Song, 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 Jul. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/861,749.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0175103 (KR), filed on Dec. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0176314 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01)
CPC G02B 7/021 (2013.01) [G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0007 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0046 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a housing defining an internal space;
a first lens module disposed in the internal space and configured to move along an optical axis direction, the first lens module comprising at least one first bearing member;
a second lens module disposed in the internal space and configured to move along the optical axis direction, the second lens module comprising at least one second bearing member;
a shaft disposed in the housing and contacting the at least one first bearing member to support a first side of the first lens module, and contacting the at least one second bearing member to support a first side of the second lens module;
at least one first ball member supporting a second side of the first lens module; and
at least one second ball member supporting a second side of the second lens module.