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Granted Patent B2
US 12,189,138 · App. 18/215,443 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Optical image stabilization (OIS) unit of a camera module

Inventor: Sangyun Oh (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
G02B27/646G02B7/09G03B5/00G03B13/36H04N23/51H04N23/55H04N23/57H04N23/685G03B2205/0007G03B2205/0069H04N23/67
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Patent No.
US 12,189,138
App. No.
18/215,443
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) unit including a base; a holder module comprising an outer blade spaced apart from the base, a bobbin disposed in the outer blade, and a spring member connecting the outer blade and the bobbin; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet configured to interact with the first coil; a second coil configured to interact with the magnet; a wire coupled with the holder module; a first connection unit fixing a first end portion of the wire; and a buffer portion disposed on a part of the wire and comprising an adhesive material. Further, in a direction perpendicular to the wire, a maximum width of the buffer portion is greater than a maximum width of the first connection unit.

Claims (56)

1. An Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) unit comprising;

a base;

a holder module comprising an outer blade spaced apart from the base, a bobbin disposed in the outer blade, and a spring member connecting the outer blade and the bobbin;

a first coil disposed on the bobbin;

a magnet configured to interact with the first coil;

a second coil configured to interact with the magnet;

a wire coupled with the holder module; and

a buffer portion comprising an adhesive material,

wherein a first end portion of the wire is coupled with the holder module by a first connection unit,

wherein a second connection unit is coupled with a second end portion of the wire opposite to the first end portion of the wire,

wherein the buffer portion is disposed on a first area of the wire, and

wherein the first area of the wire is disposed closer to the second connection unit than to the first connection unit.

2. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein the first area of the wire is disposed between the first connection unit and the second connection unit.

3. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein the buffer portion contacts the second connection unit.

4. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein, in a direction perpendicular to the wire, a maximum width of the buffer portion is greater than a maximum width of the second connection unit.

5. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the buffer portion is disposed between the second connection unit and the outer blade.

6. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein the spring member comprises an upper spring coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and a lower spring coupled to a lower portion of the bobbin,

wherein the first connection unit is disposed nearer to the lower spring than to the upper spring, and

wherein the second connection unit is disposed nearer to the upper spring than to the lower spring.

7. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein the first connection unit comprises a first solder, and

wherein the second connection unit comprises a second solder.

8. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein the first coil is electrically connected with the wire.

9. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein the buffer portion contacts the base.

10. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein the buffer portion is configured to absorb a shock or load applied to the wire.

11. The OIS unit of claim 1 , comprising a first substrate disposed on the base and comprising a terminal,

wherein the first substrate comprises a first portion disposed on the base and a second portion bent from the first portion, and

wherein the wire connects the holder module and the first portion of the first substrate.

12. The OIS unit of claim 11 , wherein the first portion of the first substrate comprises a first surface facing the holder module and a second surface disposed opposite to the first surface, and

wherein the wire is coupled to the second surface of the first portion of the first substrate.

13. The OIS unit of claim 11 , wherein the first substrate comprises a pad disposed on the first portion and a hole disposed in a center area of the pad, and

wherein the wire passes through the hole and is coupled to the pad by the second connection unit.

14. The OIS unit of claim 13 , wherein a solder resistor is disposed on a periphery of the pad to form an outer surface of the first substrate.

15. The OIS unit of claim 1 , wherein the holder module comprises first, second, third and fourth corner portions, and

wherein the wire is disposed on each of the first, second, third and fourth corner portions of the holder module.

16. The OIS unit of claim 15 , wherein the wire comprises six wires spaced apart from each other,

wherein two wires of the six wires are disposed on the first corner portion, and another two wires of the six wires are disposed on the third corner portion, and

wherein the first corner portion and the third corner portion are disposed opposite to each other based on an optical axis.

17. A camera module, comprising:

a printed circuit board (PCB);

an image sensor disposed on the PCB;

the OIS unit of claim 1 disposed on the PCB; and

a lens coupled to the bobbin of the OIS unit and being spaced apart from the image sensor.

18. A mobile phone, comprising the camera module of claim 17 .

19. An Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) unit comprising:

a base;

a holder module comprising an outer blade spaced apart from the base, a bobbin disposed in the outer blade, and a spring member connecting the outer blade and the bobbin;

a first coil disposed on the bobbin;

a magnet configured to interact with the first coil;

a second coil configured to interact with the magnet;

a wire coupled with the holder module; and

a buffer portion comprising an adhesive material,

wherein a first end portion of the wire is coupled with the holder module by a first connection unit,

wherein a second connection unit is coupled with a second end portion of the wire opposite to the first end portion of the wire,

wherein the buffer portion connects the wire and the base, and

wherein the buffer portion is disposed closer to the second connection unit than to the first connection unit.

20. The OIS unit of claim 19 , wherein, in a direction perpendicular to the wire, a maximum width of the buffer portion is greater than a maximum width of the second connection unit.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2011-0112190 · Oct 31, 2011 · national
KR 10-2011-0115804 · Nov 8, 2011 · national
Continuity (8)
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Continuation 16357801 · Mar 19, 2019
Continuation 15094592 · Apr 8, 2016
Continuation 14583422 · Dec 26, 2014
Continuation 14203263 · Mar 10, 2014
Continuation 13550057 · Jul 16, 2012
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