Lens drive device, camera module, and camera-equipped device

A lens driving device comprising

• a shake-correcting driving part, the shake-correcting driving part including:
• a shake-correcting magnet part disposed at a periphery of a lens part;
• a shake-correcting coil part separated from the shake-correcting magnet part;
• and
• a supporting part configured to support a shake correction movable part including the shake-correcting magnet part such that the shake correction movable part is separated from a shake correction fixing part including the shake-correcting coil part in a light axis direction, the shake-correcting driving part being configured to sway the shake correction movable part with respect to the shake correction fixing part in a plane orthogonal to the light axis direction by utilizing a driving force of a voice coil motor composed of the shake-correcting coil part and the shake-correcting magnet part to perform a shake correction, wherein:
• the supporting part includes:
• an upper frame member disposed opposite to the shake correction fixing part in the light axis direction,
• two first side supporting members disposed opposite to each other in a first direction orthogonal to the light axis direction, each of the first side supporting members having a plate shape and being configured to couple the upper frame member and the shake correction fixing part, and
• two second side supporting members disposed opposite to each other in a second direction orthogonal to the light axis direction and the first direction, each of the second side supporting members having a plate shape and being configured to couple the upper frame member and the shake correction movable part,
• the first side supporting members and the second side supporting members are formed with an elastomer material,
• each of the first side supporting members includes first and second Y-hinge parts that are thinner than a portion around the first and the second Y-hinge parts and that extend in the second direction, wherein
• each of the first side supporting members is bent along with movement of the shake correction movable part in the first direction such that bending directions of the first Y-hinge parts are identical to each other and bending directions of the second Y-hinge parts are identical to each other while the bending directions of the first Y-hinge parts and the bending directions of the second Y-hinge parts are opposite to each other,
• each of the second side supporting members includes first and second X-hinge parts that are thinner than a portion around the first and the second X-hinge parts and that extend in the first direction, wherein
• each of the second side supporting members is bent along with movement of the shake correction movable part in the second direction such that bending directions of the first X-hinge parts are identical to each other and bending directions of the second X-hinge parts are identical to each other while the bending directions of the first X-hinge parts and the bending directions of the second X-hinge parts are opposite to each other.