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Camera module

Granted 20 Dec 2016 · 4 office actions

Current assignee: Flir Systems, Inc. · originally Teledyne Technologies Incorporated

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Inventors: Michael D. Walters, Theodore R. Hoelter, Barbara Sharp · Examiner: Susan E Krakower · AU 2917 · TC 2900

Application
29/478,551
filed 6 Jan 2014
Publication
Not published
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US D774584
granted 20 Dec 2016

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, front, and right…

FIG. 1 is a top, front, and right side perspective view of a camera module showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a top, front, and right side perspective view of a camera module, shown within a socket depicted in broken lines to illustrate an environment;

FIG. 9 is a top, front, and right side perspective view of a camera module, shown with a circuit board depicted in broken lines to illustrate an environment;

FIG. 10 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 12 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a front elevational view thereof; and,

FIG. 15 is a rear elevational view thereof.

The broken lines showing a socket and a circuit board in FIGS. 8-15 represent environmental structure and form no part of the claimed design. The broken lines in FIGS. 1-7 depict portions of the camera module in which the design is embodied and form no part of the claimed design.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D16/200

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2
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Examiner
Susan E Krakower
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TWTW-D175313-SS1 May 20164 Jul 2014publishedPortion of a camera module
TWTW-D176442-SS11 Jun 20164 Jul 2014publishedPortion of a camera module

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