Patent ID: 7990635

Claim:
A camera module comprising: a lens holding member for holding an image pickup optical system; and a driving unit for moving the lens holding member along an optical axis of the image pickup optical system, the lens holding member being a molded component molded using a mold, and having a gate portion remaining on a surface thereof corresponding to a gate of the mold, the driving unit including a coil mounted on the outer periphery of the lens holding member, and a magnet facing the outer periphery of the coil, characterized in that an adhesive filling recess that opens in a direction parallel to the optical axis is defined by an outer peripheral portion of the lens holding member and an inner peripheral portion of the coil, the adhesive filling recess includes a bottom face provided in the lens holding member and facing in the direction parallel to the optical axis, the gate portion is located on the bottom face, and the outer peripheral portion of the lens holding member and the inner peripheral portion of the coil are bonded with an adhesive filled in the adhesive filling recess, and the gate portion is buried in the adhesive.