IP Library Granted Patent US 11,874,594
Granted Patent B2
US 11,874,594 · App. 17/069,134 · Granted Jan 16, 2024

Camera module

Inventors: Jae Hyuk Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Soo Cheol Lim (Suwon-si, KR); Byung Woo Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Young Bok Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Jong Woo Hong (Suwon-si, KR); Jung Seok Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
G03B5/00G02B27/646G03B2205/0007
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Patent No.
US 11,874,594
App. No.
17/069,134
Granted
Jan 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A camera module includes a housing, a movable body configured to move in a direction of an optical axis of the housing; a reinforcing member formed integrally on one surface of the movable body, and configured to increase a rigidity of the movable body; and a first buffer member formed in the reinforcing member, and configured to reduce an impactive force between the housing and the movable body.

Claims (38)

1. A camera module comprising:

a housing;

a movable body, configured to move in a direction of an optical axis of the housing;

an auxiliary yoke formed integrally on the movable body and elongated in the direction of the optical axis, and configured to interact with a first driving unit to move the movable body in the direction of the optical axis;

a reinforcing member formed inside a surface of the movable body adjacent to the housing, and configured to increase a rigidity of the movable body; and

a first buffer member formed in the reinforcing member, and configured to reduce an impactive force between the housing and the movable body.

2. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein a fastening hole, configured to fit the first buffer member, is formed in the reinforcing member.

3. The camera module according to claim 1 , wherein the movable body comprises:

a first frame configured to move in a direction of the optical axis;

a second frame, disposed on the first frame, and configured to move in a first direction, that intersects the optical axis; and

a third frame, disposed on the second frame, and configured to move in a direction of the optical axis and in a second direction, that intersects the optical axis.

4. The camera module according to claim 3 , further comprising a cover member, configured to engage with the first frame when the second frame and the third frame are mounted, such that the second frame and the third frame do not deviate from the first frame.

5. The camera module according to claim 4 , further comprising a second buffer member formed on the cover member.

6. The camera module according to claim 3 , further comprising a ball bearing disposed between the first frame and the second frame, and disposed between the second frame and the third frame.

7. The camera module according to claim 3 , further comprising:

the first driving unit, configured to move the first frame in the direction of the optical axis; and

second driving units, configured to move the second frame and the third frame in the direction that intersects the optical axis.

8. The camera module according to claim 7 , wherein the first driving unit comprises:

a first driving coil disposed on a first surface of the housing; and

a first driving magnet disposed on a first surface of the first frame.

9. The camera module according to claim 8 , wherein the second driving units comprise:

second driving coils respectively disposed on a second surface of the housing and a third surface of the housing; and

second driving magnets respectively disposed on a second surface of the third frame and a third surface of the third frame.

10. The camera module according to claim 9 , further comprising a substrate on which the first driving coil and the second driving coil are arranged, and the substrate is configured to surround the first surface of the housing, the second surface of the housing, and the third surface of the housing.

11. A camera module comprising:

a housing;

a movable body, configured to move in a direction of an optical axis of the housing;

a first driving unit, configured to move the movable body in a direction of the optical axis;

second driving units, configured to move the movable body in first and second directions that intersect the optical axis;

an auxiliary yoke formed integrally on the movable body and elongated in the direction of the optical axis, and configured to interact with the first driving unit to move the movable body based on the first driving unit;

a reinforcing member formed inside a surface of the movable body adjacent to the housing; and

a first buffer member disposed on the surface the movable body adjacent to the housing, and configured to reduce an impactive force between the housing and the movable body.

12. The camera module according to claim 11 , further comprising a first ball bearing disposed between the housing and the movable body.

13. The camera module according to claim 11 , wherein the movable body comprises:

a first frame configured to move in a direction of the optical axis;

a second frame, disposed on the first frame, and configured to move in a first direction, that intersects the optical axis; and

a third frame, disposed on the second frame, and configured to move in a direction of the optical axis and in a second direction, that intersects the optical axis.

14. The camera module according to claim 13 , further comprising a second buffer member disposed between the first frame and the second frame, and disposed between the second frame and the third frame.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2020
From: LEE, JAE HYUK; LIM, SOO CHEOL; KANG, BYUNG WOO; YOON, YOUNG BOK; HONG, JONG WOO; LEE, JUNG SEOK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.,
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0015811 · Feb 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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