US 12,078,864 B2
Lens driving module and electronic device
Heng Yi Su, Taichung (TW); Ming-Ta Chou, Taichung (TW); Te-Sheng Tseng, Taichung (TW); and Ming-Shun Chang, Taichung (TW)
Assigned to LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD., Taichung (TW)
Filed by LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD., Taichung (TW)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/077,930.
Application 18/077,930 is a continuation of application No. 16/988,637, filed on Aug. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,550,116.
Claims priority of application No. 109116644 (TW), filed on May 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0103646 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G02B 7/04 (2021.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 7/04 (2013.01) [G02B 27/646 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lens driving module, comprising:
a shield can;
a driving mechanism, disposed in the shield can, wherein the driving mechanism is configured to drive a lens unit to move in a direction parallel to an optical axis of the lens unit;
a space maintaining element in physical contact with the shield can, wherein the space maintaining element is configured to space the driving mechanism apart from a central aperture of the shield can by a predetermined distance in the direction parallel to the optical axis, and the space maintaining element comprises:
a plastic frame portion; and
a metal structure portion, comprising a plurality of pins, wherein the metal structure portion is insert-molded with the plastic frame portion to form the space maintaining element; and
a damping element, connected to the plurality of pins and the lens unit;
wherein the plurality of pins are located closer to the optical axis than part of the metal structure portion without the plurality of pins.