Lens drive apparatus

A lens driving device comprising:

• a movable body configured to hold a lens and to move along an optical axis of the lens;
• a driving mechanism configured to drive the movable body along the optical axis;
• a plate spring configured to support the movable body in such a manner that the movable body is movable along the optical axis;
• and
• a base section to which the plate spring is attached,
• the driving mechanism including a driving coil to be attached to the movable body,
• the base section comprising a terminal attached thereto for supplying electric current to the driving coil,
• the plate spring including:
• a movable-body-fixed section fixed to the movable body and having a connection section electrically connected to the driving coil;
• a base-section-fixed section fixed to the base section, the base-section-fixed section including a first portion and a second portion;
• an arm section configured to connect the movable-body-fixed section and the base-section-fixed section to each other;
• a terminal connection section electrically connected to the terminal;
• an elastic section connecting the base-section-fixed section and the terminal connection section to each other and urging the terminal connection section to the terminal, the elastic section including (i) a first elastic portion connecting the first portion of the base-section-fixed section and the terminal connection section to each other and (ii) a second elastic portion connecting the second portion of the base-section-fixed section and the terminal connection section to each other.