Optical driving mechanism

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11022726-B2
Application number	US-201916257674-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 25, 2019
Priority date	Jan 25, 2018
Publication date	Jun 1, 2021
Grant date	Jun 1, 2021

Abstract

An optical driving mechanism is provided, including a movable portion, a bottom plate and a biasing assembly. The movable portion is configured to sustain an optical element having an optical axis. The bottom plate has a moving member. The biasing assembly has at least one biasing element for driving the movable portion to move relative to the bottom plate. The bottom plate defines a first electrical connection portion and a second electrical connection portion, and the biasing element is connected to the first and second electrical connection portions. The first electrical connection portion has a fixed body, an insulating layer and a conductive layer, which are sequentially overlapped along the optical axis. The conductive layer is directly and electrically connected to the biasing element. When viewed along the optical axis, the insulating layer protrudes from the fixed body and the conductive layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical driving mechanism, comprising:
a movable portion, configured to sustain an optical element having an optical axis;
a bottom plate, having a fixed body and a moving member, wherein the movable portion is movably connected to the fixed body; and
a biasing assembly, having at least one biasing element, wherein the biasing assembly is disposed between the bottom plate and the movable portion and is configured to drive the movable portion to move relative to the bottom plate;
wherein the bottom plate defines:
a first electrical connection portion; and
a second electrical connection portion; the biasing element is connected to the first electrical connection portion and the second electrical connection portion;
wherein the first electrical connection portion has a fixed protrusion of the fixed body, an insulating layer and a conductive layer, which are sequentially overlapped along the optical axis, and the conductive layer is directly and electrically connected to the biasing element, wherein the insulating layer protrudes from the fixed protrusion and the conductive layer when viewed along the optical axis;
wherein the insulating layer has a buffer portion on a surface of the insulating layer facing the biasing assembly, and in the direction of the optical axis, there is a gap is between the buffer portion and the biasing element;
wherein the first electrical connection portion receives a first clamping force and a second clamping force respectively at a middle position and an end position of the first electrical connecting portion to clamp the biasing element, and the first clamping force is different from the second clamping force.

2. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer of the first electrical connection portion protrudes from the fixed protrusion when viewed along the optical axis.

3. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fixed protrusion has a curved portion, and neither the insulating layer nor the conductive layer is disposed on a surface of the curved portion.

4. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the moving member has a connecting protrusion, and the connecting protrusion and the fixed protrusion extend toward the movable portion, and the biasing element connects the connecting protrusion to the fixed protrusion.

5. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the moving member further has an extending protrusion and an elastic string arm, the extending protrusion extends toward the movable portion and is affixed to the movable portion, and the string arm is movably connected to the fixed body.

6. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the buffer portion has a fillet structure or a tapered structure.

7. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first clamping force is greater than the second clamping force.

8. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate further includes a resin assembly disposed between the insulating layer of the first electrical connection portion and the biasing element.

9. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the resin assembly includes a first resin member and a second resin member, the first resin member is in direct contact with the biasing element and the first electrical connection portion, and the second resin member is in direct contact with the biasing element and the second electrical connection portion.

10. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a surface of the biasing element has a protective layer, and the protective layer partially overlaps the insulating layer at an end portion of the first electrical connection portion overlapping the biasing element when viewed along the optical axis.

11. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the protective layer partially overlaps the conductive layer at an end portion of the first electrical connection portion overlapping the biasing element when viewed along the optical axis.

12. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a direction in which the first electrical connection portion and the second electrical connection portion are arranged is not perpendicular and not parallel to the optical axis when viewed from a direction that is perpendicular to the optical axis.

13. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate further includes a slider disposed between the fixed body and the moving member of the bottom plate, and the slider slidably contacts the fixed body and the moving member.

14. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bottom plate further includes a vibration-damping assembly disposed on the biasing element and in direct contact with the biasing element.

15. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the vibration-damping assembly includes a plurality of vibration-damping elements, and the vibration-damping assembly elements are in direct contact with the biasing element, the first electrical connection portion, and the second electrical connection portion.

16. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 15 , wherein there is a gap between two adjacent vibration-damping elements.

17. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the vibration-damping assembly includes a first vibration-damping element, a second vibration-damping element and a third vibration-damping element, and the first vibration-damping element is in direct contact with the biasing element, the second vibration-damping element is in direct contact with the first electrical connection portion and the biasing element, and the third vibration-damping element is in direct contact with the second electrical connection portion and the biasing element.

18. The optical driving mechanism as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first vibration-damping element is located at a middle position of the first electrical connection portion and the second electrical connection portion.

Assignees

• Tdk Taiwan Corp

Inventors

• Kuo Chen-Chi
• Liu Chia-Hsiu
• Chen Yen-Cheng
• CHANG Shao-Chung
• SONG Sin-Jhong

Classifications

• G03B13/32

  Means for focusing · CPC title

• G02B26/004 Primary

  based on a displacement or a deformation of a fluid · CPC title

• G02B7/04

  with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification · CPC title

• H04N23/57

  Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices · CPC title

• H04N23/45

  for generating image signals from two or more image sensors being of different type or operating in different modes, e.g. with a CMOS sensor for moving images in combination with a charge-coupled device [CCD] for still images · CPC title