Patent ID: 7391464

Claim:
A camera unit comprising: a flexible substrate including at least an electrode region and an image pickup device region formed on the same surface thereof; a driving electrode portion disposed on the electrode region and including a plurality of electrodes arranged along a predetermined direction; an image pickup device disposed on the image pickup device region on the flexible substrate; stationary unit attaching portions disposed on the flexible substrate at positions surrounding the image pickup device region; a stationary unit frame which is attached to the stationary unit attaching portions by engaging with engagement sites provided at the stationary unit attaching portions, and extended in the predetermined direction; and movable units which are reciprocatingly driven in the stationary unit frame in the predetermined direction by the driving electrode portion and support a lens respectively, wherein the flexible substrate is bent along a bending portion between the electrode region and the image pickup device region, the electrode region is engaged with an engagement site provided on a side of the stationary unit frame so as to be fixed inwardly thereof, and the image pickup device region is fixed on an end surface of the stationary unit frame toward the movable units.