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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2004
Nobuyuki Mano, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuyuki Mano, Tokyo, JP;
SMK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera module having a lens unit; an intermediate part a hollow part of which the lens unit is affixed to; and a base unit which is opened in one direction and is equipped with a mounting part to which the intermediate part is mounted in such a way as to be able to rotate freely; wherein a latching protrusion that latches with the base unit is provided on an outer periphery of the intermediate part; a sliding hole having a movable step is provided on a mounting part side of the base unit; and the intermediate part moves in a direction perpendicular to the rotating direction, as the latching protrusion of the intermediate part rotates along the sliding hole of the base unit.