US 11,914,279 B2
Camera actuator, camera module, and camera device including same
Chang Yeon Kim, Seoul (KR); and Sung Guk Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/629,340
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/009294
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/015481, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0089082 (KR), filed on Jul. 23, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0091622 (KR), filed on Jul. 29, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0252959 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); G03B 5/02 (2021.01); G03B 17/17 (2021.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC G03B 5/02 (2013.01) [G03B 17/17 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera actuator comprising:
a housing;
a prism unit disposed in the housing;
a driving unit for tilting the prism unit; and
an elastic member disposed between the housing and the prism unit,
wherein the elastic member includes:
a first elastic member disposed in a central region corresponding to a center of the prism unit, and
a plurality of second elastic members spaced apart from the first elastic member, and
wherein the first and second elastic members include a spring.