US 12,287,565 B2
Driving mechanism
Xuan-Huan Su, Taoyuan (TW); Ko-Lun Chao, Taoyuan (TW); Yu-Chi Kuo, Taoyuan (TW); and Yung-Yun Chen, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by TDK TAIWAN CORP., Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/156,157.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/301,836, filed on Jan. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0236477 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G03B 9/36 (2021.01); G02B 7/09 (2021.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01)
CPC G03B 9/36 (2013.01) [G02B 7/09 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving mechanism for moving an optical element, comprising:
a fixed part;
a movable part, movably connected to the fixed part and having a first protrusion, wherein the optical element is disposed on the movable part;
a positioning structure, formed on the fixed part to restrict the movable part in a specific position relative to the fixed part, wherein the positioning structure has a first recess, a third recess, and a first slope surface connecting the first recess to the third recess, the first protrusion is received in the first recess when the movable part is in a first position relative to the fixed part; and
a driving assembly, configured to drive the movable part to move relative to the fixed part, wherein when the driving assembly drives the movable part to move from the first position to a second position relative to the fixed part, the first protrusion is received in the third recess.