Lens driving module

US7969670B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. · KR

Inventors

• Yun Seok Woo · Los Angeles, US
• Burhanettin Koc · Ettlingen, DE
• Jung Seok Lee · Suwon-si, KR
• Hyun Phill Ko · Seojong-myeon, KR
• Won Seob Oh · Suwon-si, KR

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 12, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B7/102
• WIPO field: Optics
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Provided is a lens driving module including a housing that has a lens barrel housing portion provided therein; a lens barrel that has a bearing contact portion and a guide portion formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof and is mounted in the lens barrel housing portion of the housing; a piezoelectric motor that is mounted in one outer corner of the housing, which corresponds to the guide portion of the lens barrel, among the outer corners of the housing, and provides a driving force to the lens barrel; and a power connection member that is bent so as to cover the piezoelectric motor and the outer circumferential surface of the housing and is coupled to the housing.