Light-cancelling lens spacer and lens module using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11243372-B2
Application number	US-201916545228-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2019
Priority date	Nov 16, 2018
Publication date	Feb 8, 2022
Grant date	Feb 8, 2022

Abstract

A spacer for fixing a distance between adjacent lenses of a lens module carries an internal shape reducing the incidence of stray reflected light. The spacer defines a through hole to allow light to pass and a prismatic protrusion is disposed on a wall of the through hole. A first inclined surface of the prismatic protrusion is connected to an end surface of spacer and to a second inclined surface of the prismatic protrusion. The second inclined surface is connected to other end surface of spacer. Acute angle θ1 is formed between the first inclined surface and end surface, and acute angle θ2 is formed between the second inclined surface and other end surface. Relationship between the acute angles are θ1>θ2, and 60°≤θ1+θ2≤80°. A lens module using such a spacer is also provided.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A spacer for fixing between two adjacent lenses of a lens module to separate the lenses at a distance, the spacer comprising a first end surface and a second end surface opposite and parallel to the first end surface, wherein a middle portion of the spacer defines a through hole to allow light to pass, the spacer further comprises a prismatic protrusion disposed on a wall of the through hole, the prism protrusion comprises a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, one side of the first inclined surface is connected to the first end surface, one side of the second inclined surface is connected to the second end surface, and other side of the second inclined surface is connected to other side of the first inclined surface, an acute angle θ 1 is formed between the first inclined surface and the first end surface, and an acute angle θ 2 is formed between the second inclined surface and the first end surface, and relationships between the acute angles θ 1 and θ 2 are: θ 1 >θ 2 , and 60°≤θ 1 +θ 2 ≤80°, wherein the acute angle θ 1 is 53° and the acute angle θ 2 is 25.6°.

2. The spacer according to claim 1 , wherein the first end surface faces an object side of the lens module, and the second end surface faces an image side of the lens module; a size of aperture of the through hole gradually decreases along the first inclined surface from object to image sides.

3. The spacer according to claim 1 , wherein the first end surface faces an object side of the lens module, and the second end surface faces an image side of the lens module; a size of aperture of the through hole decreases along the second inclined surface from the image to the object sides.

4. The spacer according to claim 1 , wherein at least one positioning member is formed on an outer side of the spacer.

5. A lens comprising:
a lens barrel;
a lens group, housed in the lens barrel and comprising a plurality of lenses;
a filter;
an image sensor; and
a spacer;
wherein the lens group, the filter, and the image sensor are sequentially arranged from an object side of the lens module to an image side of the lens module, the spacer is fixed between two adjacent lenses of the lens module, the spacer comprises a first end surface and a second end surface opposite and parallel to the first end surface, a middle portion of the spacer defines a through hole to allow light to pass, the spacer further comprises a prismatic protrusion disposed on a wall of the through hole, the prismatic protrusion comprises a first inclined surface and a second inclined surface, one side of the first inclined surface is connected to the first end surface, one side of the second inclined surface is connected to the second end surface, and other side of the second inclined surface is connected to other side of the first inclined surface, an acute angle θ 1 is formed between the first inclined surface and the first end surface, and an acute angle θ 2 is formed between the second inclined surface and the first end surface, and relationships between the acute angles θ 1 and θ 2 are: θ 1 >θ 2 , and 60°≤θ 1 +θ 2 ≤80°, wherein the acute angle θ 1 is 53° and the acute angle θ 2 is 25.6°.

6. The lens according to claim 5 , wherein the first end surface faces the object side of the lens module, and the second end surface faces the image side of the lens module; a size of aperture of the through hole gradually decreases along the first inclined surface from object to image sides.

7. The lens according to claim 5 , wherein the first end surface faces the object side of the lens module, and the second end surface faces the image side of the lens module; a size of aperture of the through hole gradually decreases along the second inclined surface from the image side to the object side.

8. The lens module according to claim 5 , wherein at least one positioning member is formed on an outer side of the spacer; the spacer is positioned by the positioning member between the adjacent lenses.

Assignees

• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Feng ya-lan
• Ko Chun-Cheng

Classifications

• G02B7/021 Primary

  for more than one lens · CPC title

• G02B27/0018

  with means for preventing ghost images (anti-reflection coatings G02B1/11) · CPC title

• G02B7/026

  using retaining rings or springs (G02B7/027 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02B7/02 Primary

  for lenses {(supports for magnifying lenses G02B25/002)} · CPC title