Patent ID: 7990631

Claim:
A lens drive device comprising: a movable body which is provided with a lens and which is movable in an optical axis direction; a support body which supports the movable body through a spring member; and a magnetic drive mechanism which includes a coil that is held on the movable body and which drives the movable body in the optical axis direction; wherein the movable body includes a sleeve which is provided with the lens, the sleeve is mounted movably in the optical axis direction by a first plate spring which is mounted on a front end face side in the optical axis direction and by a second plate spring which is mounted on a rear end face side in the optical axis direction; one of the first plate spring and the second plate spring comprises two spring pieces which are electrically separated from each other, and the two spring pieces are formed with coil connecting parts to which the winding start part and the winding end part of the coil are electrically connected; wherein each of the two spring pieces includes a circular arc-shaped sleeve side fixing part mounted on the sleeve, a support body side fixing part mounted on the support body, and an arm part which is formed between the circular arc-shaped sleeve side fixing part and the support body side fixing part for restricting movement in the optical axis direction of the sleeve; the coil connecting part is formed at a tip end part of the circular arc-shaped sleeve side fixing part, and an accommodating recessed part for accommodating the coil connecting part is formed on an end face in the optical axis direction of the sleeve; and the coil connecting part is capable of being bent, and the movable body is provided with an accommodating part for accommodating the coil connecting part which has been bent; and wherein the coil connecting part is bent so that they are accommodated in the accommodating recessed part as an accommodating part for the coil connecting part which is formed on the rear end face of the sleeve.