US 12,292,617 B2
Lens moving apparatus
Seong Min Lee, Seoul (KR); Sang Ok Park, Seoul (KR); Hyune O Yoo, Seoul (KR); Byung Wook Son, Seoul (KR); and Jun Taek Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/529,950.
Application 18/529,950 is a continuation of application No. 17/686,065, filed on Mar. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,874,523.
Application 17/686,065 is a continuation of application No. 16/795,989, filed on Feb. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,294,142, issued on Apr. 5, 2022.
Application 16/795,989 is a continuation of application No. 15/937,330, filed on Mar. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,606,025, issued on Mar. 31, 2020.
Application 15/937,330 is a continuation of application No. 15/630,637, filed on Jun. 22, 2017, granted, now 9,958,634, issued on May 1, 2018.
Application 15/630,637 is a continuation of application No. 14/578,711, filed on Dec. 22, 2014, granted, now 9,690,070, issued on Jun. 27, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2013-0160980 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2013; and application No. 10-2014-0055364 (KR), filed on May 9, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0103250 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 3/10 (2006.01); G02B 7/09 (2021.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G03B 3/10 (2021.01); H02K 11/215 (2016.01); H02K 41/035 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 7/09 (2013.01) [G03B 3/10 (2013.01); H02K 11/215 (2016.01); H02K 41/0356 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lens moving apparatus, comprising:
a cover member comprising an upper plate and a lateral plate extending from the upper plate;
a bobbin disposed in the cover member;
a coil disposed on the bobbin;
a driving magnet disposed between the coil and the lateral plate of the cover member;
a sensing magnet disposed on the bobbin;
a circuit board disposed on the lateral plate of the cover member; and
a position sensor disposed on the circuit board and configured to sense the sensing magnet,
wherein the coil and the driving magnet are configured to move the bobbin in an optical axis direction,
wherein a part of the coil is disposed between the sensing magnet and the circuit board in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis direction,
wherein the circuit board comprises a terminal part, and
wherein the cover member comprises a groove formed on a lower end of the lateral plate so that the terminal part of the circuit board is exposed outside.