Lens moving apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11294142-B2
Application number	US-202016795989-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 20, 2020
Priority date	Dec 23, 2013
Publication date	Apr 5, 2022
Grant date	Apr 5, 2022

Abstract

A lens moving apparatus can include a housing; a base disposed below the housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing and configured to move in a first direction along or parallel with an optical axis within the housing; driving magnets disposed on the housing; a coil provided at an outer surface of the bobbin; an elastic member coupled to the bobbin and supporting the bobbin; a sensing magnet coupled to the bobbin; and a position sensor coupled to a printed circuit board, wherein the position sensor is configured to sense a displacement of the sensing magnet in the first direction, in which the bobbin includes a reception recess formed on the outer surface of the bobbin such that at least a part of the reception recess is located at an inside of the coil, the sensing magnet is disposed in the reception recess, and the position sensor is disposed on another side of the housing than sides on which the driving magnets are disposed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A lens moving apparatus, comprising:
a base;
a housing disposed on the base;
a bobbin disposed in the housing and configured to move in an optical axis direction;
driving magnets disposed on the housing;
a coil disposed on an outer surface of the bobbin;
an elastic member coupled to the bobbin;
a sensing magnet coupled to the bobbin; and
a position sensor coupled to a printed circuit board, wherein the position sensor is configured to sense a displacement of the sensing magnet in the optical axis direction,
wherein the bobbin comprises a reception recess formed on the outer surface of the bobbin such that at least a part of the reception recess is located at an inside of the coil,
wherein at least a portion of the sensing magnet is disposed in the reception recess, and
wherein the position sensor is disposed on another side of the housing than sides on which the driving magnets are disposed.

2. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit board is disposed on the housing.

3. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reception recess comprises an opening connecting any one of an upper surface and a lower surface of the bobbin.

4. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reception recess comprises an opening connecting an upper surface of the bobbin such that the sensing magnet is exposed outside the bobbin through the opening.

5. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a guide member protruding in an upward direction,
wherein the housing comprises a lower guide groove, and
wherein the housing is loaded or disposed on the base such that the guide member is combined with the lower guide groove.

6. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit board comprises a plurality of terminals configured to be connected to an external power source, and
wherein the plurality of terminals is disposed at one side surface of the base.

7. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reception recess comprises an inner surface supporting one surface of the sensing magnet and an adhesive groove depressed more inwardly than the inner surface to a designated depth such that an adhesive agent is disposed in the adhesive groove.

8. The lens moving apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the adhesive groove comprises a first additional groove formed to have a greater length than the length of the sensing magnet in the optical axis direction.

9. The lens moving apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the adhesive groove comprises a second additional groove formed from the opening to a designated depth in an inward direction of the bobbin.

10. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bobbin comprises an additional reception recess formed on the outer surface of the bobbin at a position opposite to the reception recess with respect to the center of the bobbin.

11. The lens moving apparatus of claim 10 , comprising a weight balance member received in the additional reception recess,
wherein the weight balance member has a same weight as the sensing magnet.

12. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driving magnets are disposed on two sides of the housing, and
wherein the position sensor is a hall sensor.

13. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the driving magnets has a rectangular parallelepiped structure having a designated width and is disposed in a magnet through hole or a magnet recess of a side surface of the housing.

14. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , comprising magnetic bodies provided between the driving magnets and the coil to be mounted on the driving magnets and to surface-contact the coil.

15. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , comprising a cover member receiving the housing and the bobbin,
wherein the position sensor is provided inside the cover member.

16. The lens moving apparatus of claim 15 , wherein a portion of the printed circuit board is disposed between the cover member and the bobbin.

17. The lens moving apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the coil is disposed between the sensing magnet and the position sensor in a horizontal direction.

18. The lens moving apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the position sensor is disposed between the coil and the cover member in the horizontal direction.

19. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bobbin is provided with the coil all around.

20. A camera module comprising the lens moving apparatus of claim 1 .

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Seong Min
• Park Sang Ok
• Yoo Hyune O
• Son Byung Wook
• Lee Jun Taek

Classifications

• H02K41/0356 Primary

  moving along a straight path · CPC title

• G02B7/09 Primary

  adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification · CPC title

• H02K11/215

  Magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-effect or magneto-resistive elements · CPC title

• G03B3/10

  Power-operated focusing · CPC title

• G03B13/36

  Autofocus systems · CPC title