Patent ID: 9513455
Filing Date: 2016-12-06
CPC Classification: G02B

Claim Text:
1. A lens driving device, wherein the photographed object side is set as the front direction of the Z-axis, and the lens driving device comprises: a lens holder, having a cylindrical portion whose center axis is orientated in the Z-axis direction, and a lens is held at the inner side of the cylindrical portion, a spring member, which is fixed on the cylindrical portion, and supports the lens holder to move along the Z-axis direction, a coil, which is located in the outer peripheral side of the cylindrical portion and winds around the central axis of the cylindrical portion, a permanent magnet, which is arranged on the outer peripheral side of the coil and spaces a gap with the coil, and a base for supporting the permanent magnet, wherein, the spring member is composed of a front spring member and a rear spring member abuts against the rear position of the Z-axis relative to the front spring member, the front spring member and the rear spring member comprise: an arm portion, extends along the direction orthogonal to the Z-axis direction, an inside holding portion, is arranged on the inside of the arm portion, and connects with one end of the arm portion, and an outside holding portion, is arranged on the outside of the arm portion, and connects with the other end of the arm portion, a front connection portion and a rear connection portion of flange shape are formed on the lens holder, wherein, the front connection portion forms a groove on an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body and in a positive Z-axis direction of the cylindrical body, the rear connection portion has an outer diameter larger than the outer diameter of the front connection portion, the inside holding portion of the rear spring member is fixed on a fitting surface of the rear connecting portion that contacts the cylindrical body, faces the base and is orientated in a positive Z-axis direction of the cylindrical body, the inside holding portion of the front spring member is fixed on the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical body orientated in the positive Z-axis direction of the cylindrical body, the outside holding portion of at least one spring member of the front spring member and the rear spring member is pressed towards a negative Z-axis direction relative to the inside holding member, so as to apply pressure to the lens holder in the negative Z-axis direction; an inner diameter of inside holding portion of the rear spring member is set to be larger than an outer diameter of the front connection portion of the lens holder, an inner diameter of inside holding portion of the front spring member is set to be smaller than an outer diameter of the front connection portion of the lens holder.