Voice coil motor, coil block for voice coil motor, method of manufacturing the coil block, and voice coil motor having the coil block

1. A VCM (voice coil motor) comprising:

a rotor including a lens-fixing hollow holed bobbin having a peripheral portion comprising a peripheral upper end and a peripheral bottom end facing the peripheral upper end, wherein the bobbin includes a coil discharge unit formed from the peripheral upper end of the peripheral portion to the peripheral bottom end of the peripheral portion;

a coil block arranged at the peripheral portion of the bobbin and including a cylindrically wound coil;

a stator including a magnet facing the coil block and a yoke fixing the magnet;

a case including a bottom case arranged with the bobbin and an upper case coupled to the bottom case and having an opening at a portion corresponding to the bobbin; and

an elastic member elastically supporting an upper end of the bobbin and a bottom end facing the upper end of the bobbin,

wherein a distal end of the coil arranged at an upper end of the coil block employs the coil discharge unit to be discharged to the bottom end of the bobbin.

2. The VCM of claim 1 , wherein the coil block includes an odd number of coil layers, where the odd number of coil layers includes a first coil layer formed by the coil wound from the peripheral bottom end of the peripheral portion to the peripheral upper end of the peripheral portion, a second coil layer arranged on the first coil layer by being wound from the peripheral upper end to the peripheral bottom end, and a third coil layer arranged on the second coil layer wound from the peripheral bottom end to the peripheral upper end.

3. The VCM of claim 1 , wherein the coil discharge unit is provided in a groove shape from the peripheral portion of the bobbin, where at least two coil discharge units are formed on the peripheral portion of the bobbin at a predetermined gap.

4. The VCM of claim 1 , wherein the distal end of the coil arranged on the coil discharge unit is fixed by an adhesive provided to the coil discharge unit.

5. The VCM of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral portion of the bobbin is formed with a plurality of yoke accommodation grooves for accommodating a part of the yoke at a predetermined gap, and the coil discharge unit is formed at the peripheral portion of the bobbin on the opposite side of the peripheral portion from where the yoke accommodation grooves are formed.

6. A VCM (voice coil motor), comprising:

a bobbin including a body arranged on a base,

a support unit protruded from a periphery of the body, and

a bobbin groove connecting a peripheral upper end of the body to a peripheral bottom end of the body;

a pair of first and second elastic members coupled to the peripheral bottom end of the bobbin;

a coil block including a first distal end supporting the support unit and connected to the first elastic member, and

a second distal end cylindrically wound from the first distal end and connected to the second elastic member by passing through the bobbin groove; and

a stator including a magnet facing the coil block and a housing arranged on the base to fix the magnet.

7. The VCM of claim 6 , wherein the support unit is protruded along the periphery of the body in a rib shape, and a part of the support unit is formed with a cut-out unit so cut out as to allow the first and second distal ends to pass through, where the bobbin groove is formed at a position opposite to the cut-out unit.

8. The VCM of claim 6 , wherein the bobbin includes an exposure unit concavely formed from the periphery of the body facing the cut-out unit to increase an exposure area of the first and second elastic members.

9. The VCM of claim 6 , wherein the first and second distal ends are vertically formed relative to a winding direction of the coil block.

10. The VCM of claim 6 , wherein the first distal end is vertically formed relative to the winding direction of the coil block, and the second distal end includes a first bent unit bent to the winding direction of the coil block and a second bent unit vertically bent from the first bent unit relative to the winding direction of the coil block.

11. The VCM of claim 10 , wherein the periphery of the bobbin is formed with a guide lug for guiding the second bent unit.

12. The VCM of claim 6 , wherein the coil block is wound in 2N+1 layers, where N is 1 or more natural numbers.

13. The VCM of claim 12 , wherein the coil block includes a first coil layer wound from the support unit to the peripheral upper end of the bobbin, a second coil layer wound from the peripheral upper end of the bobbin to the peripheral bottom end of the bobbin on the first coil layer, and a third coil layer wound from the peripheral bottom end of the bobbin to the peripheral upper end of the bobbin on the second coil layer.

14. The VCM of claim 6 , wherein the bobbin includes curvature units intermittently protruded from the periphery of the bobbin and planar units formed among the curvature units, where the bobbin groove is formed on the planar unit.

15. The VCM of claim 6 , further comprising a third elastic member coupled to the upper surface of the bobbin.

16. The VCM of claim 6 , further comprising a cover can that covers an external surface of the magnet.