Optical unit with shake correction function

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023209158-A1
Application number	US-202218083577-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 19, 2022
Priority date	Dec 28, 2021
Publication date	Jun 29, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

In an optical unit with a shake correction function, a first inner-side wall surface disposed on an inner side of a first band-shaped portion of a circuit board in a Y-direction and a second inner-side wall surface disposed on an inner side of a second band-shaped portion of the circuit board in an X-direction are defined in an intermediate-member holder, and a first outer-side wall surface disposed on an outer side of the first band-shaped portion in the Y-direction and a second outer-side wall surface disposed on an outer side of the second band-shaped portion in the X-direction are defined on an outer-peripheral side covering portion. An interval between the first inner-side wall surface and the first outer-side wall surface is smaller than an interval between the second inner-side wall surface and the second outer-side wall surface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An optical unit with a shake correction function, comprising:
a movable body having a camera module; an intermediate member rotatably holding the movable body; a fixed body rotatably holding the intermediate member; a magnetic drive mechanism to rotate the movable body with respect to the fixed body so that an optical axis of the camera module is inclined in an arbitrary direction; and a circuit board pulled out from the camera module, wherein supposing that a direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the camera module disposed at a predetermined reference position is a first direction, a direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the camera module disposed at the reference position and the first direction is a second direction, one side in an optical axis direction being a direction of the optical axis of the camera module is a subject side, and a side opposite to the subject side is a counter-subject side; the fixed body comprises an intermediate-member holder rotatably holding the intermediate member and an outer-peripheral side covering portion covering an outer peripheral side of the intermediate-member holder; the circuit board comprises a module mounting portion mounted on an end surface on the counter-subject side of the camera module, a drawer portion pulled out from the module mounting portion to the outer peripheral side of the camera module, a band-shaped portion having an elongated band shape that is connected on one end part to the drawer portion and is pulled around on an outer peripheral side of the intermediate-member holder and an inner peripheral side of the outer-peripheral side covering portion, and a fixed portion connected to the other end part of the band-shaped portion and fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the intermediate-member holder; when viewed from the optical axis direction of the camera module, when the optical axis of the camera module is at the reference position, an outer shape of the intermediate-member holder is a regular square or a rectangle, and four sides constituting the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate-member holder are parallel to the first direction or the second direction; supposing that one side in the two sides of the intermediate-member holder parallel to the first direction is a first side, and one side in the two sides of the intermediate-member holder parallel to the second direction is a second side; a width direction of the band-shaped portion is parallel to the optical axis direction when the optical axis of the camera module is at the reference position; the drawer portion is pulled out from the module mounting portion toward the one side in the first direction on the second side; the band-shaped portion is pulled around along the first side and the second side; the fixed portion is fixed to the outer peripheral surface of the intermediate-member holder on the first side; supposing that a part of the band-shaped portion disposed along the first side is a first band-shaped portion, and a part of the band-shaped portion disposed along the second side is a second band-shaped portion; in the intermediate-member holder, a planar-shaped first inner-side wall surface disposed on an inner side of the first band-shaped portion in the second direction and orthogonal to the second direction and a planar-shaped second inner-side wall surface disposed on an inner side of the second band-shaped portion in the first direction and orthogonal to the first direction are defined; on the outer-peripheral side covering portion, a planar-shaped first outer-side wall surface disposed on an outer side of the first band-shaped portion in the second direction and parallel to the first inner-side wall surface and a planar-shaped second outer-side wall surface disposed on an outer side of the second band-shaped portion in the first direction and parallel to the second inner-side wall surface are defined; and an interval between the first inner-side wall surface and the first outer-side wall surface in the second direction is smaller than an interval between the second inner-side wall surface and the second outer-side wall surface in the first direction.

2 . The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 1 , wherein
the band-shaped portion is constituted by a flexible printed circuit board.

3 . The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 1 , wherein
the intermediate-member holder comprises a first upper-wall portion disposed on the subject side of the first band-shaped portion and a second upper-wall portion disposed on the subject side of the second band-shaped portion; a surface on the counter-subject side of the first upper-wall portion is a first upper-side wall surface that has an end part on the subject side of the first inner-side wall surface connected thereto, extends toward an outer side in the second direction, and covers the first band-shaped portion from the subject side; a surface on the counter-subject side of the second upper-wall portion is a second upper-side wall surface that has the end part on the subject side of the second inner-side wall surface connected thereto, extends toward an outer side in the first direction, and covers the second band-shaped portion from the subject side; an end surface on an outer side of the first upper-wall portion in the second direction is parallel to the first outer-side wall surface; an end surface on an outer side of the second upper-wall portion in the first direction is parallel to the second outer-side wall surface; and a width of the first upper-side wall surface in the second direction is smaller than a width of the second upper-side wall surface in the first direction.

4 . The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 3 , wherein
the circuit board is bent by 90° on a boundary between the drawer portion and the band-shaped portion; supposing that a part on the drawer portion side of the second band-shaped portion is a base-end side second band-shaped portion, and a part on the first band-shaped portion side of the second band-shaped portion is a distal-end side second band-shaped portion; an end surface on the subject side of the base-end side second band-shaped portion is disposed closer to the subject side than an end surface on the subject side of the distal-end side second band-shaped portion; and a notch portion to prevent interference between the base-end side second band-shaped portion and the second upper-wall portion is provided on the second upper-wall portion.

5 . The optical unit with a shake correction function according to claim 1 , wherein
the second band-shaped portion is pulled around to an end part on a side of the first side of the second side; the first band-shaped portion is pulled around from the end part on a side of the second side of the first side to a center part of the first side; and the fixed portion is fixed to an outer peripheral surface of the intermediate-member holder at the center part of the first side.

Assignees

• Nidec Sankyo Corp

Inventors

• Minamisawa Shinji
• Sue Takeshi

Classifications

• H04N23/51 Primary

  Housings · CPC title

• H04N23/52

  Elements optimising image sensor operation, e.g. for electromagnetic interference [EMI] protection or temperature control by heat transfer or cooling elements · CPC title

• H04N23/682

  Vibration or motion blur correction · CPC title

• H04N23/687

  by shifting the lens or sensor position · CPC title

• H04N23/55

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