Mobile terminal and camera assembly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12101545-B2
Application number	US-202318351645-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 13, 2023
Priority date	Jul 21, 2017
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

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 camera assembly, comprising a camera, a support for installing the camera, an electric motor and a push-and-pull rod, wherein
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, and the threaded tube is sleeved on the threaded rod;
wherein the camera assembly further comprises an elastic component, an end of the elastic component is coupled to the support, an other end of the elastic component is coupled to a second end of the push-and-pull rod;
the second end of the push-and-pull rod is spaced apart from the first end of the push-and-pull rod in a direction along the threaded 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, and the push-and-pull rod drives, through the elastic component, the support to move, such that the camera moves along a straight line.

2. The camera assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the support is provided with an accommodating tube; 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 elastic component is received in the accommodating tube; 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 camera assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the elastic component is a spring, a protruding portion is provided at the second end of the push-and-pull rod, and the protruding portion is inserted into the spring in an axial direction of the spring from the other end.

4. The camera assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the support is further provided with an annular groove, a seal ring is embedded in the annular groove.

5. The camera assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the support is further provided with an annular groove, a seal ring is embedded in the annular groove.

6. The camera assembly according to claim 2 , wherein the support is further provided with an annular groove, a seal ring is embedded in the annular groove.

Assignees

• Vivo Mobile Communication Co Ltd

Inventors

• Huang Zhijun
• Feng Anming

Classifications

• H05K7/2089

  for power electronics, e.g. for inverters for controlling motor · CPC title

• H05K1/0284

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

• H04M1/0264 Primary

  for a camera module assembly · CPC title