US 12,130,491 B2
Spacer and camera module including the same
So Mi Yang, Suwon-si (KR); and Jin Se 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 Mar. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/189,564.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0148261 (KR), filed on Nov. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146776 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 17/12 (2021.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 7/021 (2013.01) [G02B 13/0065 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lens module comprising:
a lens barrel comprising a first lens and a second lens arranged along an optical axis; and
a spacer disposed between the first lens and the second lens along the optical axis, and defining a hole corresponding to the optical axis and an opening that is open in a direction intersecting the optical axis, the opening being disposed between a first surface of the spacer facing the first lens and a second surface of the spacer facing the second lens such that the opening extends along a direction parallel to the optical axis,
wherein the first surface of the spacer facing the first lens comprises a pair of straight portions, opposing each other, and a pair of curved portions, opposing each other, and the straight portions and the curved portions are alternately connected to each other, and the opening extends in the direction parallel to the optical axis between one of the straight portions and the second surface.