Voice coil motor
AssigneeLG Innotek Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeong Min Lee, Sang Ok Park, Jun Taek Lee
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Abstract
A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a rotor having a first driving unit and arranged therein with a lens, a stator having a second driving unit wrapping the first driving unit and being opposite to the first driving unit, a base supporting the stator and having an opening formed at a position corresponding to that of the lens, a connection terminal including a pair of first and second connection terminals arranged at an upper surface of the base, and an elastic member including a first elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the first connection terminal and a second elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the second connection terminal.
Claims20
A VCM (Voice Coil Motor), the VCM comprising:
- a mover including a bobbin, and a first driving unit coupled to the bobbin;
- a second driving unit being opposite to the first driving unit;
- a base disposed under the mover;
- a connection terminal disposed at the base;
- and
- an elastic member coupled to the mover and the base,
- wherein the connection terminal includes a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal separated from the first connection terminal,
- wherein the elastic member includes a first elastic member and a second elastic member separated from the first elastic member, and
- wherein the first connection terminal comprises:
- a plate part coupled to the base and elongated along a first direction;
- a first part downwardly bent in a second direction from the plate part;
- and
- a second part protruding in a third direction from the plate part,
- wherein the second part is inserted into the base, and
- wherein the base comprises a first recess in which the plate part of the first connection terminal is disposed.
A camera module comprising an image sensor, a circuit board, a lens, and a VCM,
- wherein the VCM comprises:
- a mover including a bobbin, and a first driving unit coupled to the bobbin;
- a second driving unit being opposite to the first driving unit;
- a base disposed under the mover;
- a connection terminal disposed at the base;
- and
- an elastic member coupled to the mover and the base,
- wherein the connection terminal includes a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal separated from the first connection terminal,
- wherein the elastic member includes a first elastic member and a second elastic member separated from the first elastic member,
- wherein the first elastic member is electrically connected to the first connection terminal, and the second elastic member is electrically connected to the second connection terminal,
- wherein the first connection terminals comprise:
- a plate part coupled to the base and elongated along a first direction;
- a first part downwardly bent in a second direction from the plate part;
- and
- a second part protruding in a third direction from the plate part,
- wherein the second part is inserted into the base,
- wherein the base comprises a recess in which the plate part of the first connection terminal is disposed, and
- wherein the first part of first connection terminal is electrically connected to the circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.