Camera actuator and camera device comprising same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12452511-B2
Application number	US-202218288852-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2022
Priority date	May 6, 2021
Publication date	Oct 21, 2025
Grant date	Oct 21, 2025

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention provides a camera actuator comprising: a housing; a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly which are moved in an optical axis direction on the basis of the housing; and a driving unit which moves the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly, wherein the driving unit comprises: a driving coil; and a driving magnet facing the driving coil. The driving coil comprises: a first sub-coil; a second sub-coil; and a third sub-coil arranged between the first sub-coil and the second sub-coil, wherein the first sub-coil, the third sub-coil, and the second sub-coil are sequentially arranged along the optical axis, and the length of the third sub-coil in the optical axis direction is different from the length of at least one of the first sub-coil and the second sub-coil in the optical axis direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A camera actuator comprising:
a housing;
a first lens assembly and a second lens assembly configured to move in an optical axis direction based on the housing; and
a driving unit configured to move the first lens assembly and the second lens assembly,
wherein the driving unit includes a driving coil and a driving magnet facing the driving coil,
wherein the driving coil includes a first sub coil, a second sub coil, and a third sub coil disposed between the first sub coil and the second sub coil,
wherein the first sub coil, the third sub coil, and the second sub coil are sequentially disposed along an optical axis, and
wherein a length of the third sub coil in the optical axis direction differs from a length of at least one of the first sub coil and the second sub coil in the optical axis direction.

2. The camera actuator of claim 1 , wherein the length of the third sub coil in the optical axis direction is larger than the length of the at least one of the first sub coil and the second sub coil in the optical axis direction.

3. The camera actuator of claim 1 , wherein the length of the first sub coil in the optical axis direction is the same as the length of the second sub coil in the optical axis direction.

4. The camera actuator of claim 1 , wherein a sum of the length of the at least one of the first sub coil and the second sub coil and the length of the third sub coil in the optical axis direction is larger than a length of the driving magnet in the optical axis direction.

5. The camera actuator of claim 1 , wherein the driving coil is formed with a plurality of turns.

6. The camera actuator of claim 5 , wherein the first sub coil includes a first coil area having a pattern extending in a vertical direction,
wherein the second sub coil includes a second coil area having a pattern extending in the vertical direction, and
wherein the third sub coil includes a third coil area having a pattern extending in the vertical direction.

7. The camera actuator of claim 6 , wherein the first coil area includes a first-first coil area adjacent to the third sub coil, and a first-second coil area spaced apart from the first-first coil area along the optical axis, and
wherein the second coil area includes a second-first coil area adjacent to the third sub coil, and a second-second coil area spaced apart from the second-first coil area along the optical axis.

8. The camera actuator of claim 7 , wherein a length of the first-second coil area in the vertical direction is larger than a length of the first-first coil area in the vertical direction.

9. The camera actuator of claim 7 , wherein a length of the second-second coil area in the vertical direction is larger than a length of the second-first coil area in the vertical direction.

10. The camera actuator of claim 7 , wherein a length of each turn in the optical axis direction in the first-second coil area differs from a length of each turn in the optical axis direction in the first-first coil area.

11. The camera actuator of claim 7 , wherein a length of the first-second coil area in the optical axis direction differs from a length of the first-first coil area in the optical axis direction.

12. The camera actuator of claim 7 , wherein the third coil area includes a third-first coil area adjacent to the first sub coil, and a third-second coil area spaced apart from the second-first coil area along the optical axis.

13. The camera actuator of claim 12 , wherein a length between an innermost turn among a plurality of turns in the third-first coil area and an innermost turn among a plurality of turns in the third-second coil area in the optical axis direction is larger than the length of the first sub coil or the second sub coil in the optical axis direction.

14. The camera actuator of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the driving magnet facing the driving coil includes a first magnet area having a first polarity and a second magnet area having a second polarity.

15. The camera actuator of claim 14 ,
wherein the first polarity is opposite to the second polarity.

16. The camera actuator of claim 14 , wherein the first magnet area overlaps the first sub coil and the third sub coil.

17. The camera actuator of claim 14 ,
wherein the second magnet area overlaps the second sub coil and the third sub coil.

18. The camera actuator of claim 14 ,
wherein a N pole is formed at an inner side of the second magnet area, and an S pole is formed at an outer side of the second magnet area.

19. The camera actuator of claim 14 , wherein the surface of the driving magnet facing the driving coil includes the neutral area is disposed between the first magnet area and the second magnet area.

20. The camera actuator of claim 14 , wherein the length of the first magnet area in the optical axis direction is the same as the length of the second magnet area.

Assignees

• Lg Innotek Co Ltd

Inventors

• Min Sang Jun
• Jung Tae Jin

Classifications

• G02B13/0065

  having a beam-folding prism or mirror · CPC title

• G03B2205/0046

  Movement of one or more optical elements for zooming · CPC title

• H04N23/57

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

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• G03B30/00

  Camera modules comprising integrated lens units and imaging units, specially adapted for being embedded in other devices, e.g. mobile phones or vehicles · CPC title