Lens drive device
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Yamashita, Suguru Ohishi
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Abstract
A lens drive device includes a lens holder for holding a lens; a cabinet to which the lens holder is attached so as to be capable of being displaced in a direction of an optical axis of the lens; and a drive part that uses a magnetic driving force to displace the holder in the direction of the optical axis. The drive part includes a magnet disposed on the lens holder and a coil opposed to the magnet. Here, the cabinet has a shape of an almost square in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis. Further, the drive part is disposed in a region R between an outer edge of the lens holder and a corner of the cabinet.
Claims16
A lens drive device, comprising:
- a holder for holding a lens;
- a base to which the holder is supported so as to be capable of being displaced in a direction of an optical axis of the lens;
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- a drive part for displacing the holder using a magnetic driving force in the direction of the optical axis, wherein
- the base has an almost square shape in a direction vertical to the optical axis, and
- the drive part is situated in a region between an outer edge of the holder and a corner of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.