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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2005
Dongkai Shangguan, San Jose, CA (US);
Elaine B. Bogue, Dunstable, MA (US);
Vidyadhar Sitaram Kale, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Samuel Waising Tam, Daly City, CA (US);
Ray H. Morton, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Dongkai Shangguan, San Jose, CA (US);
Elaine B. Bogue, Dunstable, MA (US);
Vidyadhar Sitaram Kale, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Samuel Waising Tam, Daly City, CA (US);
Ray H. Morton, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Flextronics International USA, Inc., Milpitas, CA (US);
Abstract
A digital camera module includes an image capture device, a lens unit, a housing for receiving the lens unit and positioning the lens unit with respect to the image capture device, and a focus mechanism disposed on the outside of the housing and operative to move the lens unit along an axis when the lens unit is rotated about the axis. In one embodiment, the focus mechanism includes a ramp formed on the housing and a complementary ramp formed on the lens unit. In another embodiment, the focus mechanism includes a thread set formed on the outside of the housing for engaging a complementary thread set on a sleeve of the lens unit. In still another embodiment, the focus mechanism includes an inclined groove and a groove follower. The external adjustment mechanism prevents the image capture device from being contaminated by particulates generated during focusing.
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