Mobile terminal and camera assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11743567-B2
Application number	US-201816632468-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 19, 2018
Priority date	Jul 21, 2017
Publication date	Aug 29, 2023
Grant date	Aug 29, 2023

Abstract

A mobile terminal and camera assembly are provided. The mobile terminal includes a housing and the camera assembly; a through hole is arranged in a frame of the housing; the camera assembly includes a camera, support for installing the camera, motor and push-and-pull rod; the motor is fixed to the housing and electrically coupled to a circuit board of the mobile terminal; the motor has a threaded rod, a first end of the push-and-pull rod has a threaded tube fitting with the threaded rod, the threaded tube is sleeved on the threaded rod, and a second end of the push-and-pull rod is coupled to the support; when the motor is actuated, the threaded rod rotates and drives the push-and-pull rod to advance or retreat along the threaded rod, which driving the support to move, thus the camera is extended out of or retracted into the housing through the through hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mobile terminal, comprising a housing and a camera assembly, wherein
a through hole is arranged in a frame of the housing;
the camera assembly comprises a camera, a support for installing the camera, an electric motor and a push-and-pull rod;
the electric motor is fixed to the housing and is electrically coupled to a circuit board of the mobile terminal;
the electric motor is provided with a threaded rod, a first end of the push-and-pull rod is provided with a threaded tube which fits with the threaded rod, the threaded tube is sleeved on the threaded rod, and a second end of the push-and-pull rod is coupled non-rigidly to the support via an elastic component received in an accommodating tube, wherein an end of the elastic component is coupled to the support, and an other end of the elastic component is coupled to the second end of the push-and-pull rod;
when the electric motor is actuated, the threaded rod rotates and drives the push-and-pull rod to advance or retreat along the threaded rod, the second end of the push-and-pull rod drives the support to move via the elastic component, such that the camera is extended out of or retracted into the housing through the through hole.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein a side wall of the accommodating tube is provided with a through slot along an axial direction of the accommodating tube and facing the push-and-pull rod; the second end of the push-and-pull rod is disposed between the other end of the elastic component and an end wall of the accommodating tube and abuts against the end wall of the accommodating tube.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the elastic component is a spring, a protruding portion is arranged at the second end of the push-and-pull rod, and the protruding portion is stuck in a cavity at an end of the spring.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is further provided with a guide box connected to the through hole, when the electric motor is actuated, the support slides along the guide box to extend the camera out of the guide box or retract the camera into the guide box.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 4 , wherein the support is further provided with an annular groove, a seal ring is embedded in the annular groove, the seal ring is in a sealing engagement with an inner wall of the guide box.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is provided with a guide block, the support is further provided with a guide plate, a guide groove is opened on the guide plate, the guide block is inserted in the guide groove.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is further provided with a guide box connected to the through hole, when the electric motor is actuated, the support slides along the guide box to extend the camera out of the guide box or retract the camera into the guide box.

8. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the housing is further provided with a guide box connected to the through hole, when the electric motor is actuated, the support slides along the guide box to extend the camera out of the guide box or retract the camera into the guide box.

9. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the housing is further provided with a guide box connected to the through hole, when the electric motor is actuated, the support slides along the guide box to extend the camera out of the guide box or retract the camera into the guide box.

10. The mobile terminal according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is provided with a guide block, the support is further provided with a guide plate, a guide groove is opened on the guide plate, the guide block is inserted in the guide groove.

11. The mobile terminal according to claim 2 , wherein the housing is provided with a guide block, the support is further provided with a guide plate, a guide groove is opened on the guide plate, the guide block is inserted in the guide groove.

12. The mobile terminal according to claim 3 , wherein the housing is provided with a guide block, the support is further provided with a guide plate, a guide groove is opened on the guide plate, the guide block is inserted in the guide groove.

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Zhijun
• Feng Anming

Classifications

• H04N23/57 Primary

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04M1/0264 Primary

  for a camera module assembly · CPC title

• H05K1/028

  Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04M2250/52

  including functional features of a camera · CPC title

• H05K1/0284

  Details of three-dimensional rigid printed circuit boards (H05K1/119 takes precedence; shaping of the substrate H05K3/0014) · CPC title