US 12,348,845 B2
Camera module
Su Bong Jang, Suwon-si (KR); Sang Jong Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Hee Soo Yoon, Suwon-si (KR); Tae Ho Yun, Suwon-si (KR); and Seung Jae Song, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,973.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0186210 (KR), filed on Dec. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0209159 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/54 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/54 (2023.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera module comprising:
a fixed body having an internal space;
a first movable body movably disposed on the fixed body in the internal space of the fixed body;
a substrate disposed on the first movable body;
an image sensor disposed on the substrate;
a yoke disposed on one of the fixed body and the first movable body;
a coil disposed on another one of the fixed body and the first movable body so that the coil faces the yoke disposed on the one of the fixed body and the first movable body;
an elastic member connected to the fixed body and the first movable body and configured to apply a restorative force to the first movable body; and
at least one ball member disposed to support the image sensor in an optical axis direction of the camera module,
wherein the yoke is disposed on a surface of the one of the fixed body and the first movable body, and
the elastic member is connected to the surface of the one of the fixed body and the first movable body on which the yoke is disposed.