Patent ID: 8248720

Claim:
A small camera device comprising: a lens holder provided with lens and driven in an optical axial direction; a fixing unit housing the lens holder; a plate spring which is arranged to the upper part or lower part of the lens holder and connects the lens holder to the fixing unit and supports it so that the lens holder is moved in an optical axial direction; a magnet fixed to the fixing unit in a direction to the lens holder; coils surrounding the lens holder to be exposed to a magnetic field of the magnet; and a non-magnetic conductive body surrounding the lens holder in a parallel to the coils to be exposed to a magnetic field of the magnet wherein an upper seating projection is formed protrudingly on the upper part of the lens holder in an outer peripheral surface direction and a lower seating projection is formed protrudingly on the lower part of the lens holder in an outer peripheral surface direction, and further the coil and the non-magnetic conductive body are mounted to surround the lens holder between the upper seating projection and lower seating projection.