US20130240386A1

US20130240386A1 - Lens module carrier device with cleaning member

Info

Publication number: US20130240386A1
Application number: US13/659,849
Authority: US
Inventors: Cheng-Shiun Wu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd
Priority date: 2012-03-15
Filing date: 2012-10-24
Publication date: 2013-09-19
Also published as: TW201337374A; CN103309005A; CN103309005B

Abstract

Provided is a lens module carrier device for carrying a plurality of lens modules. The lens module carrier device includes a lens tray and a cleaning member. The lens tray includes a supporting surface. The supporting surface defines a number of receiving holes for receiving the plurality of lens modules. The cleaning member is received in one of the receiving holes for cleaning a glue needle.

Description

BACKGROUND

1. Technical Field
The present disclosure generally relates to lens module carrier devices and, particularly, to a lens module carrier device having a cleaning member for cleaning glue needle.
2. Description of Related Art
Lens modules are key members of a camera. A typical lens module includes a lens barrel with a plurality of lenses and a plurality of spacers received in the lens barrel. In order to obtain a good quality image, an aperture plate is employed and is positioned on one of the spacers and held by the lens barrel. In assembly, the circular circumferential surface of the spacer needs to be coated with glue using with a glue needle to glue the aperture plate onto the corresponding spacer and into the lens barrel.
However, glue residue may easily remain on the glue needle after gluing a plurality aperture plates, thereby causing dust to stick on the glue needle due to the glue residue. This carries the risk of the glue needle being contaminated. Thereby, this will affect quality image of the lens module when the contaminated glue needle continues to glue other aperture plates.
Therefore, it is desirable to provide a lens module carrier device that can overcome the above-mentioned limitations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Many aspects of the present disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawing. The components in the drawing are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure.

The figure is an assembled, isometric view of a lens module carrier device together with a glue needle, according to an exemplary embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The figure illustrates a lens module carrier device 100 for carrying a number of lens modules 200. The lens module carrier device 100 includes a lens tray 10 and a cleaning member 20 positioned on the lens tray 10. The cleaning member 20 is configured for cleaning a glue needle 300.
The lens tray 10 includes a supporting surface 11. In the embodiment, the supporting surface 11 is substantially rectangular in shape. The supporting surface 11 defines a number of receiving holes 30 for receiving the number of lens modules 200. In the embodiment, the number of receiving holes 30 are arranged in a 3×3 matrix and equidistantly arranged on the supporting surface 11. The number of receiving holes 30 have essentially identical depth and have essentially identical internal diameter. The internal diameter of each of the receiving holes 30 is equal to or slightly bigger than the external diameter of the lens module 200.
The cleaning member 20 is received in the receiving hole 30 that is positioned on an upper right corner of the supporting surface 11. In the embodiment, the cleaning member 20 is a sponge absorbed in alcohol. It should be noted that, in an alternative embodiment, the cleaning member 20 also could be a cotton ball absorbed in alcohol or only a dry cotton ball; the cleaning member 20 also can be received in another receiving hole 30.
A ring-shaped flange 110 perpendicularly extends upward from the supporting surface 11. The ring-shaped flange 110 covers and aligns with the receiving hole 30 receiving the cleaning member 20. The internal diameter of the ring-shaped flange 110 is substantially equal to the internal diameter of the receiving hole 30. In the embodiment, the ring-shaped flange 110 is integrally formed with the lens tray 10. Alternately, the ring-shaped flange 110 and the lens tray 10 can be separately formed. The ring-shaped flange 110 can be attached to the supporting surface 11 by adhesive, welding (e.g., plastic welding), or other attaching methods. The ring-shaped flange 110 is capable of preventing the alcohol of the cleaning member 20 from flowing out of the receiving hole 30.
Unlike a conventional lens module carrier device, the cleaning member 20 of the lens module carrier device 100 of the present embodiment is received in the receiving hole 30 of the lens tray 10. When assembling the lens module 200, the glue needle 300 can be cleaned by the cleaning member 20 to prevent the glue needle 300 from being contaminated by a glue residue remaining on the glue needle 300.
It will be understood that the above particular embodiments are shown and described by way of illustration only. The principles and the features of the present disclosure may be employed in various and numerous embodiments thereof without departing from the scope of the disclosure as claimed. The above-described embodiments illustrate the scope of the disclosure but do not restrict the scope of the disclosure.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A lens module carrier device for carrying a plurality of lens modules, the lens module carrier device comprising:

a lens tray comprising a supporting surface defines a plurality of receiving holes for receiving the plurality of lens modules; and

a cleaning member received in one of the receiving holes for cleaning a glue needle.

2. The lens module carrier device of claim 1, wherein the supporting surface is substantially rectangular in shape, the plurality of receiving holes are arranged in a matrix and equidistantly arranged on the supporting surface.

3. The lens module carrier device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of receiving holes are arranged in a 3×3 matrix.

4. The lens module carrier device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of receiving holes have an essentially identical depth and have an essentially identical internal diameter.

5. The lens module carrier device of claim 1, wherein the cleaning member is received in the receiving hole that is positioned on a corner of the supporting surface.

6. The lens module carrier device of claim 1, wherein the cleaning member is a sponge absorbed in alcohol.

7. The lens module carrier device of claim 1, wherein the cleaning member is a cotton ball absorbed in alcohol.

8. The lens module carrier device of claim 1, wherein the cleaning member is a dry cotton ball.

9. The lens module carrier device of claim 1, wherein the lens tray comprises a ring-shaped flange perpendicularly extending upward from the supporting surface, and the ring-shaped flange covers and aligns with the receiving hole receiving the cleaning member.

10. The lens module carrier device of claim 9, wherein an internal diameter of the ring-shaped flange is substantially equal to the internal diameter of the receiving hole receiving the cleaning member.

11. The lens module carrier device of claim 9, wherein the ring-shaped flange is integrally formed with the lens tray.

12. The lens module carrier device of claim 9, wherein the ring-shaped flange and the lens tray are separately formed, and the ring-shaped flange is attached to the supporting surface.