Lens moving apparatus
AssigneeLG Innotek Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun Taek LEE, Byung Wook SON, Sang Ok PARK, Seong Min LEE
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Abstract
A lens moving apparatus including a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet disposed on the housing to correspond to the coil; an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and an upper portion of the housing; and a damper coupled to the first elastic member and the housing. Further, the upper elastic member comprises a connector connecting the bobbin and the housing and a protrusion extending toward the housing, and the damper is coupled to the protrusion and the housing
Claims21
A lens moving apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a bobbin disposed in the housing;
- a coil disposed on the bobbin;
- a magnet disposed on the housing to correspond to the coil;
- an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and an upper portion of the housing;
- and
- a damper coupled to the first elastic member and the housing,
- wherein the upper elastic member comprises a connector connecting the bobbin and the housing and a protrusion extending toward the housing, and
- wherein the damper is coupled to the protrusion and the housing.
A lens moving apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a bobbin disposed in the housing;
- a coil disposed on the bobbin;
- a magnet disposed on the housing to correspond to the coil;
- an upper elastic member comprising a connector connecting the bobbin and the housing and a protrusion extending toward the housing;
- and
- a damper coupled to the first elastic member and the housing,
- wherein the protrusion comprises a first end portion coupled to the connector and a second end portion in opposite to the first end portion thereof, and
- wherein a portion of the damper is coupled to the second end portion of the protrusion and a portion of the housing corresponding to the second end portion of the protrusion.
A camera module comprising:
- a housing;
- a bobbin disposed in the housing;
- a lens coupled to the bobbin;
- a coil disposed on the bobbin;
- a magnet disposed on the housing to correspond to the coil;
- an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and an upper portion of the housing;
- a damper coupled to the first elastic member and the housing,
- a printed circuit board disposed below the lens;
- and
- an image sensor disposed on the circuit board,
- wherein the upper elastic member comprises a connector connecting the bobbin and the housing and a protrusion extending toward the housing, and
- wherein the damper is coupled to the protrusion and the housing.
A lens moving apparatus comprising:
- a housing;
- a bobbin disposed in the housing;
- a coil disposed on the bobbin;
- a magnet disposed on the housing to correspond to the coil;
- and
- an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and an upper portion of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.