Patent ID: 8004779

Claim:
A lens drive device comprising: a movable body having a lens and a coil; a support body which movably supports the movable body in an optical axis direction of the lens; a magnetic drive mechanism which is provided with a magnet for driving the movable body together with the coil that is mounted on the movable body in the optical axis direction; a restricting member for restricting movement in the optical axis direction of the movable body due to an electromagnetic force which is generated when an electric current is supplied to the coil; and a magnetic member which is disposed in the movable body as a part of the movable body to be magnetically attracted by the magnet; wherein the movable body is provided with a sleeve which is movably supported in the optical axis direction by the restricting member, and the sleeve is moved to an energized position from a non-energized position by the magnetic drive mechanism when the electric current is supplied to the coil, and the magnetic member is disposed at a tip end portion on an energized position side of the sleeve; wherein, in a non-energized state where the coil is not energized and the sleeve is located at the non-energized position, following relationships are satisfied: W>F 1 , W>F 2 , and W<F 1 +F 2 wherein a force with which the restricting member urges the movable body toward a non-energized position in the optical axis direction at the non-energized position is “F 1 ”; a force in the optical axis direction with which the magnetic member is attracted toward the non-energized position by the magnet at the non-energized position is “F 2 ”; and a weight of the entire movable body is “W”; and wherein the forces “F 1 ” and “F 2 ” are forces whose directions are the same as each other and urge the sleeve toward the non-energized position and keep the non-energized position.