Light shielding plate, camera unit, and electronic apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11936972-B2
Application number	US-202217575932-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 14, 2022
Priority date	Jul 19, 2019
Publication date	Mar 19, 2024
Grant date	Mar 19, 2024

Abstract

A light shielding plate includes: a front surface located on a light entry side; a rear surface facing away from the front surface; and a hole extending through between the front surface and the rear surface. The hole includes a first hole portion and a second hole portion connected to the first hole portion at a center opening. The first hole portion extends from a rear surface opening in the rear surface to the center opening and is tapered in shape from the rear surface toward the front surface. The second hole portion extends from a front surface opening in the front surface to the center opening and is tapered in shape from the front surface toward the rear surface. The front surface opening is larger in size than the rear surface opening.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A light shielding plate made of metal, comprising:
a front surface located on a light entry side;
a rear surface facing away from the front surface; and
a hole extending through between the front surface and the rear surface, wherein
the hole includes a first hole portion and a second hole portion connected to the first hole portion at a center opening, the first hole portion extends from a rear surface opening in the rear surface to the center opening and is tapered in shape from the rear surface toward the front surface, the second hole portion extends from a front surface opening in the front surface to the center opening and is tapered in shape from the front surface toward the rear surface, and the front surface opening is larger in size than the rear surface opening, and
a ratio of a distance between the front surface and an edge of the center opening to a distance between the rear surface and the edge of the center opening in a thickness direction of the light shielding plate is greater than or equal to 2.5.

2. The light shielding plate of claim 1 , wherein
the front surface opening is circular in shape as viewed from a viewpoint facing the front surface, and
when a side surface partitioning the second hole portion is divided equally into five regions in a radial direction of the front surface opening by circles concentric with a center of the front surface opening as viewed from the viewpoint facing the front surface, in a cross-section along a plane orthogonal to the front surface, among the five regions, a region including an edge of the front surface opening has a greatest inclination with respect to the front surface.

3. The light shielding plate of claim 2 , wherein
in the cross-section along the plane orthogonal to the front surface, among the five regions, the region including the edge of the front surface has an inclination of 50 degrees or more and 60 degrees or less, with respect to the front surface.

4. The light shielding plate of claim 2 , wherein
in the cross-section along the plane orthogonal to the front surface, among the five regions, the region including the edge of the center opening has an inclination greater than an inclination of an adjacent region with respect to the front surface.

5. The light shielding plate of claim 2 , wherein
as viewed from the viewpoint facing the front surface, the five regions are a first region, a second region, a third region, a fourth region, and a fifth region arranged in a direction from the edge of the front surface opening to the edge of the center opening, and
inclinations of portions included in the first region to the fourth region with respect to the front surface are reduced from the first region toward the fourth region.

6. The light shielding plate of claim 1 , wherein
in a cross-section along a plane orthogonal to the front surface, a side surface partitioning the second hole portion is arcuate in shape, and a center of curvature of the side surface partitioning the second hole portion is located outside the light shielding plate.

7. The light shielding plate of claim 1 , wherein
in a cross-section along a plane orthogonal to the front surface, a side surface partitioning the first hole portion is arcuate in shape, and a center of curvature of the side surface partitioning the first hole portion is located outside the light shielding plate.

8. The light shielding plate of claim 1 , wherein
the light shielding plate has a thickness of 10 μm or more and 100 μm or less.

9. The light shielding plate of claim 1 , wherein
the light shielding plate is made of an iron-nickel alloy or an iron-nickel-cobalt alloy.

10. The light shielding plate of claim 9 , wherein
the light shielding plate is made of invar or super invar.

11. A camera unit, comprising:
the light shielding plate of claim 1 .

12. An electronic apparatus, comprising:
the camera unit of claim 11 .

Assignees

• Toppan Inc

Inventors

• Nishitsuji Kiyoaki
• Shimamura Shinichi

Classifications

• H04N23/55 Primary

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• C23F1/02

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• G02B1/113

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• G02B5/005

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