Lens moving apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11874523-B2
Application number	US-202217686065-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2022
Priority date	Dec 23, 2013
Publication date	Jan 16, 2024
Grant date	Jan 16, 2024

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 housing;
a bobbin disposed in the housing;
a coil disposed on the bobbin;
a driving magnet overlapped with the coil in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction;
a sensing magnet coupled to the bobbin; and
a position sensor overlapped with the sensing magnet in a second direction perpendicular to both the optical axis direction and the first direction,
wherein the bobbin comprises a recess on an outer surface of the bobbin,
wherein at least a part of the sensing magnet is disposed in the recess, and
wherein a part of the coil is disposed between the sensing magnet and the position sensor in the second direction.

2. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the recess comprises an opening in the optical axis direction, and
wherein the sensing magnet is disposed between the bobbin and the coil in the second direction.

3. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bobbin comprises an additional recess on the outer surface of the bobbin at a position opposite to the recess.

4. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the driving magnet comprises a first magnet and a second magnet overlapped with the first magnet in the first direction.

5. The lens moving apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the sensing magnet is not overlapped with the first magnet and the second magnet of the driving magnet in the second direction.

6. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the position sensor is disposed on another side of the housing than a side on which the driving magnet is disposed.

7. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , comprising a first printed circuit board, a base and a cover member coupled with the base,
wherein the housing is disposed in the cover member, and
wherein the position sensor is disposed on the first printed circuit board.

8. The lens moving apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first printed circuit board is disposed on the housing.

9. The lens moving apparatus of claim 7 ,
wherein the first 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.

10. The lens moving apparatus of claim 3 , comprising a weight balance member disposed in the additional recess.

11. The lens moving apparatus of claim 7 ,
wherein the position sensor is disposed in the cover member.

12. The lens moving apparatus of claim 7 , wherein at least a part of the first printed circuit board is disposed between the cover member and the bobbin.

13. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , comprising an adhesive fixing the sensing magnet to the bobbin,
wherein the sensing magnet is overlapped with the coil in the second direction.

14. The lens moving apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the adhesive is disposed in the recess.

15. The lens moving apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the coil is wound on the bobbin.

16. A camera apparatus, comprising:
a second printed circuit board;
an image sensor disposed on the second printed circuit board;
the lens moving apparatus of claim 1 ; and
a lens coupled to the bobbin of the lens moving apparatus.

17. A smartphone comprising the camera apparatus of claim 16 .

18. A lens moving apparatus, comprising:
a housing;
a bobbin disposed in the housing and comprising a recess;
a coil disposed on the bobbin;
a driving magnet disposed on the housing and overlapped with the coil in a first direction perpendicular to an optical axis;
a sensing magnet coupled to the bobbin; and
a position sensor disposed on a board,
wherein at least a part of the sensing magnet is disposed in the recess of the bobbin,
wherein the sensing magnet is overlapped with the coil and the position sensor in a second direction perpendicular to both the optical axis and the first direction, and
wherein the sensing magnet is not overlapped with the driving magnet in the second direction.

19. A camera apparatus, comprising:
the lens moving apparatus of claim 18 ;
a lens assembly coupled to the bobbin of the lens moving apparatus; and
an image sensor overlapped with the lens assembly in the optical axis,
wherein the coil is overlapped with the sensing magnet and the recess in the second direction.

20. The camera apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the driving magnet is not overlapped with the coil in the second direction.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

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

Classifications

• G02B7/09 Primary

  adapted for automatic focusing or varying magnification · CPC title

• G03B3/10

  Power-operated focusing · CPC title

• H02K11/215

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

• H02K41/0356 Primary

  moving along a straight path · CPC title

• G03B13/36

  Autofocus systems · CPC title