US 11,936,971 B2
Lens moving apparatus
Sang Ok Park, Seoul (KR); Seong Min Lee, Seoul (KR); Jun Taek Lee, Seoul (KR); and Byung Wook Son, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/326,966.
Application 17/326,966 is a continuation of application No. 16/540,631, filed on Aug. 14, 2019, granted, now 11,044,388.
Application 16/540,631 is a continuation of application No. 15/814,050, filed on Nov. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,425,563, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Application 15/814,050 is a continuation of application No. 14/886,601, filed on Oct. 19, 2015, granted, now 9,854,144, issued on Dec. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2014-0140846 (KR), filed on Oct. 17, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0281725 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 7/08 (2021.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [G02B 7/08 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lens moving apparatus comprising:
a cover member;
a housing disposed in the cover member;
a bobbin disposed in the housing and configured to move in an optical axis direction;
a first magnet disposed on the housing;
a coil disposed on the bobbin and facing the first magnet;
an elastic member comprising an upper elastic member and a lower elastic member, wherein the upper elastic member comprises an inner frame coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin, an outer frame coupled to an upper portion of the housing, and a connector connecting the inner and outer frames thereof, and the lower elastic member comprises an inner frame coupled to a lower portion of the bobbin, an outer frame coupled to a lower portion of the housing, and a connector connecting the inner and outer frames thereof; and
a damping member disposed on the connector of at least one of the upper elastic member and the lower elastic member,
wherein the first magnet comprises a first magnet unit disposed on a first side wall of the housing and a second magnet unit disposed on a second side wall of the housing,
wherein the lower elastic member comprises a first lower elastic member and a second lower elastic member spaced apart from each other,
wherein the damping member is disposed between the bobbin and one portion of the connector of the upper elastic member, and
wherein the one portion of the connector is spaced apart from the housing and from the inner frame of the upper elastic member.