IMAGING MODULE

• US 20140118612A1
• Filed: 06/14/2012
• Published: 05/01/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Koshiba, Yasushi
• Granted Patent: US 9,007,517 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/373
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/04 Mounting of cameras operative during drive; Arrangement of controls thereof relative to the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/02 for lenses supports for magnifying lenses G02B25/002
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 7/026 using retaining rings or springs G02B7/027 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/02 Bodies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/57 Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices

Abstract

An imaging module is provided with: a front case, in which a lens unit is mounted on a side of the subject to be imaged; a back case, which is attached to the front case and seals an imaging substrate in an inside space formed with the front case; and a bracket attached to the back case, and the back case is attached to the front case by case a case fastening screw that is screwed into a screw hole and a case screw-fastening through-hole, and the positioning protrusion 5a is inserted into the case screw-fastening through-hole, so that the back case is positioned on the bracket.

Claims

1. An imaging module comprising:

a front case, in which a lens unit is mounted to a side facing a subject to be imaged and an imaging substrate having an imaging element mounted thereon is provided to an opposite side part to the side facing the subject to be imaged while the imaging element is being opposed to the lens unit;

a back case, which is attached to the front case and seals the imaging substrate in an inside space formed with the front case; and

a bracket, which is for attaching to an external portion and is attached to the back case,

wherein a screw hole is formed on the front case,

wherein a case screw-fastening through-hole is formed on the back case,

wherein a positioning protrusion against the back case is formed on the bracket,

wherein the back case is attached to the front case by a case fastening screw that is screwed into the screw hole and the case screw-fastening through-hole, and

wherein the positioning protrusion is inserted into the case screw-fastening through-hole so that the back case is positioned on the bracket.

2. The imaging module according to claim 1,

wherein the case fastening screw has a main body part having a thread and a head part having a diameter larger than the main body part, and

wherein the positioning protrusion has a cylinder shape having a diameter larger than the diameter of the head part of the case fastening screw.

3. The imaging module according to claim 1, further comprising

a plurality of sets of the case screw-fastening through-hole and the positioning protrusion.

4. The imaging module according to claim 1, further comprising

a plurality of the case screw-fastening through-holes,

wherein a bracket screw-fastening through-hole is formed in the bracket to correspondence to at least one of the case screw-fastening through-holes, and

wherein the bracket is attached to the back case by a bracket fastening screw, which is screwed into the case screw-fastening through-hole and the bracket screw-fastening through-hole and has a diameter larger than the case fastening screw.

5. The imaging module according to claim 4,

wherein each of the case fastening screw and the bracket fastening screw has a main body part having a thread and a head part having a diameter larger than the main body part, and

wherein the diameter of the main body part of the bracket fastening screw is larger than the diameter of the head part of the case fastening screw.

6. The imaging module according to claim 4,

wherein the main body part of the bracket fastening screw is longer than that of the case fastening screw.