IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,523,848
Granted Patent B2
US 12,523,848 · App. 18/334,807 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Camera module

Inventor: In Jae Yeo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
G02B13/001G03B5/00G03B13/34H04N23/55H04N23/57G03B2205/0007G03B2205/0046G03B2205/0053
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Patent No.
US 12,523,848
App. No.
18/334,807
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a camera module. The camera module includes: a lens barrel disposed in a housing to receive a lens assembly; an elastic member in at least one of the housing and the lens barrel; a driving unit moving the lens barrel relative to the housing; and a sensor unit fixed to the housing.

Claims (38)

1 . A lens driving apparatus comprising:

a first housing;

a second housing, the first housing disposed on the second housing;

a lens barrel disposed in the first housing;

a first coil disposed around the lens barrel;

a first magnet coupled to the first housing and facing the first coil in a first direction;

a second coil disposed on the second housing and facing the first magnet in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction;

a first elastic member coupling an upper portion of the lens barrel and an upper portion of the first housing; and

a second elastic member coupling the second housing and the first housing,

wherein the first coil and the second coil share the first magnet, and

wherein the lens driving apparatus is configured such that: the lens barrel is movable relative to the first housing by a first magnetic force between the first magnet and the first coil; and the first housing is movable relative to the second housing by a second magnetic force between the first magnet and the second coil.

2 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, measured in the first direction, a width of the first housing is smaller than a width of the second housing.

3 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first magnet is coupled to an inner portion of the first housing.

4 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing surrounds the lens barrel in the first direction.

5 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first housing includes an upper plate and a side plate extending downwardly from the upper plate, and

wherein an upper surface of the first magnet overlaps the upper plate in the second direction.

6 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the first magnet includes a first side surface, a second side surface, and a lower surface extending between the first side surface and the second side surface,

the first side surface of the first magnet is coupled to the side plate of the first housing,

the second side surface of the first magnet is facing the first coil in the first direction, and

the lower surface of the first magnet overlaps the second coil in the second direction.

7 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein, measured in the first direction, a width of the lower surface of the first magnet is smaller than a width of the second coil.

8 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the upper plate of the first housing overlaps the second coil in the first direction.

9 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second coil includes a first portion that overlaps the side plate of the first housing in the second direction, a second portion that overlaps the first magnet in the second direction, and a third portion that overlaps the upper plate of the first housing in the second direction.

10 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second housing overlaps the side plate and the upper plate of the first housing in the first direction.

11 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second elastic member overlaps the second housing in the second direction, and

wherein the second elastic member overlaps the side plate of the first housing in a direction that is perpendicular to the first second direction.

12 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first coil is disposed between the side plate of the first housing and the lens barrel in the second-first direction.

13 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the second coil is disposed between the lower surface of the first magnet and an upper surface of the second housing.

14 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first magnet and the second coil are configured to move the first housing so that the lens barrel moves relative to the second housing.

15 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein no other first magnet is disposed between the first magnet and the second coil in the first direction.

16 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the side plate of the first housing is extending from an end of the upper plate in the second direction.

17 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 1 , comprising a lens assembly disposed in the lens barrel,

wherein the lens assembly includes at least five lenses, and

wherein the at least five lenses comprise a lens having a convex surface and a lens having a concave shape at an object side.

18 . The lens driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first magnet and the second coil are configured to correct shaking, and

wherein the first magnet and the first coil are configured to adjust autofocus.

19 . A camera module comprising the lens driving apparatus according to claim 1 .

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0071201 · Jun 29, 2012 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17807809 · Jun 20, 2022
Continuation 17223802 · Apr 6, 2021
Continuation 16523635 · Jul 26, 2019
Continuation 15827814 · Nov 30, 2017
Continuation 14411788
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