US 11,307,378 B2Granted

Lens driving device, camera module and optical apparatus

AssigneeLG Innotek Co., Ltd.

InventorsSang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Jun Taek Lee

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Abstract

A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device includes: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside of the housing; a support member coupled to the bobbin and the housing; and a sensor sensing a position of at least one of the bobbin and the housing, wherein the support member may include a first support unit, and a second support unit disposed not parallel to the first support unit, wherein the sensor may be disposed more adjacent to the first support unit than to the second support unit, and wherein an elastic modulus of the first support unit may be lower than an elastic modulus of the second support unit.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A lens driving device, comprising:

a housing;
a bobbin disposed in the housing;
a sensor sensing a position of at least one of the bobbin and the housing;
a first driving portion disposed on the bobbin;
a second driving portion disposed on the housing and facing the first driving portion;
and
a plurality of support members movably supporting the bobbin and the housing,
wherein each of the plurality of support members includes a first end coupled to the bobbin and a second end coupled to the housing,
wherein the support member includes a first support unit and a second support unit disposed not parallel to the first support unit and a fourth support unit disposed parallel to second support unit,
wherein the first end of the first support unit is disposed close to the second end of the second support unit, and
wherein the second end of the first support unit is disposed close to the first end of the fourth support unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/827,475Filed 23 Mar 2020 · continuation
Priority: 31 Mar 2016
Published: US 2020/0233177 A123 Jul 2020
Granted: 19 Apr 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G02B 7/09
With mechanism for focusing or varying magnification: adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification
G03B 3/10
Focusing arrangements of general interest for cameras, projectors or printers: power-operated focusing
G03B 5/00
Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than
G03B 30/00
Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for

Family

Application15/086,840Parent of this continuation · filed 31 Mar 2016
Application16/105,178Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Aug 2018
US 10,088,645 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Oct 2018
Application16/279,669Parent of this continuation · filed 19 Feb 2019
US 10,247,905 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Apr 2019
US 2020/0233177 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Jul 2020
US 10,634,869 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2016/0291285 A1Published application
US 2018/0356611 A1Published application
US 2019/0179106 A1Published application
US 11,307,378 B2This patent

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