US 12,143,703 B2
Camera modules with interlocked frames
Nitin Kumar Chennupati, Mountain View, CA (US); Hiran R Rathnasinghe, Lemon Grove, CA (US); Nicholas D. Smyth, San Jose, CA (US); Kevin Garrison, Santa Clara, CA (US); Jeffrey P. Bosco, San Diego, CA (US); and Julien C. Vittu, Saratoga, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,983.
Prior Publication US 2024/0323506 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04M 1/0264 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
an optical assembly comprising an optical element;
an image sensor positioned to receive light through the optical assembly; and
a frame having a sidewall and comprising:
a reinforcement member defining:
a first portion of the sidewall of the frame,
an opening; and
a peripheral edge; and
a base member extending at least partially through the opening and surrounding at least a portion of the peripheral edge of the reinforcement member, the base member defining a second portion of the sidewall of the frame,
wherein the optical assembly is coupled to the sidewall of the frame.