Patent ID: 7852579
Filing Date: 2010-12-14
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A camera module, comprising: a lens unit which constitutes an optical system of the camera module; a holder which houses the lens unit and is displaceable along an optical axis direction of the lens unit, and the holder having a hollow cylindrical portion; a coil having a cylindrical form and provided around the cylindrical portion of the holder; a yoke and magnets provided on the yoke for providing a magnetic field to the coil; upper and lower leaf springs for supporting the holder so that the holder is displaceable along an optical axis direction of the lens unit; and an imaging element provided below the lens unit, wherein the holder has coil holding portions to which the coil is fitted for fixedly providing the coil around the cylindrical portion of the holder; and wherein each of the coil holding portions extends in a direction along which the holder can be displaced, and has a hook portion which is engaged with a portion of the coil, a post portion which supports at least a part of an inner circumferential portion of the coil and a support base portion which supports a lower end of the coil.