IP Library Granted Patent US 11,237,351
Granted Patent B2
US 11,237,351 · App. 16/508,604 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Lens drive device

Inventor: Akira Suzuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
G02B7/023G02B7/08G02B7/09G03B3/02G03B5/02H04N5/2252H04N5/2253H04N5/2254H04N5/232G03B2205/0069
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Patent No.
US 11,237,351
App. No.
16/508,604
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens drive device includes a movable unit, a fixed unit, and a support portion. The movable unit includes a magnet and a lens holder for holding a lens. The fixed unit includes a coil board and a base board. The coil board includes a coil facing the magnet. The base board is disposed on the other side of the magnet across the coil board and includes an opening through which the optical axis of the lens passes. The support portion relatively movably connects the movable unit to the fixed unit and supports the movable unit to the fixed unit. In the fixed unit, a metal-particle-containing resin portion containing metal particles unevenly distributed in a resin covers at least one of a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion.

Claims (22)

1. A lens drive device comprising:

a movable unit including a magnet and a lens holder for holding a lens;

a fixed unit including:

a coil board including a coil facing the magnet and configured to drive the magnet in orthogonal directions to an optical axis of the lens; and

a base board disposed on the other side of the magnet across the coil board and including an opening through which the optical axis of the lens passes; and

a support portion configured to relatively movably connect the movable unit to the fixed unit and support the movable unit to the fixed unit,

wherein, in the fixed unit, a metal-particle-containing resin portion containing metal particles unevenly distributed in a resin covers at least one of a first conductive portion conductively connecting a circuit of the coil board and a circuit of the base board and a second conductive portion conductively connecting one end of the support portion and the circuit of the coil board or the base board.

2. The lens drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive portion is disposed to overlap with the base board when viewed from the orthogonal directions to the optical axis.

3. The lens drive device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal-particle-containing resin portion connects the coil board and the base board.

4. The lens drive device according to claim 3 , wherein the metal-particle-containing resin portion connects a rear surface of the coil board facing the base board and a lateral surface of the base board extending in the optical axis of the lens.

5. The lens drive device according to claim 1 , wherein

the base board includes a coil board facing part facing the coil board and a connector part extending from the coil board facing part in the optical axis of the lens, and

an entire connection part between the coil board facing part and the connector part is positioned closer to the optical axis of the lens than to an outer circumference of the coil board when viewed from the optical axis.

6. The lens drive device according to claim 1 , wherein

the base board includes a metallic plate having the opening, and

the circuit of the base board is disposed near the coil board on the plate.

7. The lens drive device according to claim 1 , wherein

the metal-particle-containing resin portion includes a first metal-particle-containing resin portion covering the first conductive portion, and

the first conductive portion and an opening periphery of the opening are divided by the first metal-particle-containing resin portion.

8. The lens drive device according to claim 1 , wherein

the metal-particle-containing resin portion includes a second metal-particle-containing resin portion covering the second conductive portion and connected to the coil board, and

the base board includes a protrusion part protruding outside the outer circumference of the coil board when viewed from the optical axis of the lens and preventing the second metal-particle-containing resin portion from spreading in the orthogonal directions to the optical axis.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 13, 2026
From: TDK TAIWAN CORP.
To: ACTUTEK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 074858/0498 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2021
From: TDK CORPORATION
To: TDK TAIWAN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055869/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2019
From: SUZUKI, AKIRA
To: TDK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 049725/0603 →