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Lens driving device

US7595947B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 2007
Grant dateSep 29, 2009
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Expiry dateNov 8, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10N30/2023
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A lens driving device including: a lens barrel having at least one lens therein; an actuator having a tip friction member provided at a leading end of a body thereof to be in contact with a friction member of the lens barrel, the actuator being flexed and bent upon application of power to provide a driving force necessary for driving the lens barrel in an optical axis direction; a preload member compressing the actuator against the lens barrel to keep the friction member and the tip friction member in contact with each other; and a guiding part guiding the lens barrel to move in the optical axis direction, wherein the friction member and the tip friction member are formed of a super-hard alloy.

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