US 11,709,374 B2
Lens driving apparatus, and camera module and optical device including same
Tae Bong Park, Seoul (KR); Jun Taek Lee, Seoul (KR); Kyoung Ho Yoo, Seoul (KR); Seung Taek Shin, Seoul (KR); and Jin Suk Han, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/582,576.
Application 17/582,576 is a continuation of application No. 16/933,697, filed on Jul. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,256,109.
Application 16/933,697 is a continuation of application No. 16/085,434, granted, now 10,747,015, issued on Aug. 18, 2020, previously published as PCT/KR2017/002834, filed on Mar. 16, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0031871 (KR), filed on Mar. 17, 2016; and application No. 10-2016-0035737 (KR), filed on Mar. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0146851 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G03B 11/04 (2021.01); G03B 5/04 (2021.01); G02B 7/08 (2021.01); G03B 17/08 (2021.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 27/646 (2013.01) [G02B 7/02 (2013.01); G02B 7/08 (2013.01); G02B 13/001 (2013.01); G03B 5/04 (2013.01); G03B 11/04 (2013.01); G03B 17/08 (2013.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/687 (2023.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lens moving apparatus, comprising:
a housing comprising a recess;
a bobbin disposed in the housing;
a first coil unit disposed at the bobbin;
a magnet disposed at the housing and facing the first coil unit;
an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and an upper portion of the housing;
a circuit board disposed under the housing;
a second coil unit disposed on the circuit board and facing the magnet; and
a support member electrically connecting the upper elastic member and the circuit board,
wherein a portion of the support member is disposed in the recess of the housing, and
wherein the housing comprises a protrusion extending upwards from an upper surface thereof, and the protrusion is positioned farther from a center of the housing than the recess of the housing when viewed from a top.