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Lens driving device

US12429747B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 19, 2021
Grant dateSep 30, 2025
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Expiry dateMar 10, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2205/0061
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a lens barrel; a lens disposed in the lens barrel; and a driving unit disposed in the lens barrel, wherein: the driving unit includes a piezoelectric element expanding or contracting in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the lens when a voltage is applied thereto, a first member disposed on the piezoelectric element, and a second member coupled to the first member and disposed in the lens barrel; the lens barrel moves in the optical axis direction of the lens when the voltage is applied to the piezoelectric element; and a first length in the lengthwise direction of the first member is shorter than a second length in the lengthwise direction of the second member.

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