New Shicoh Motor Co., Ltd

Shicoh Engineering Co., Ltd.

Noriyuki Washio

Tomoyoshi Yano

Manabu Shiraki

Naoki Sekiguchi

Makoto Fujii

Katsu Okubo

A camera device is described that includes a prism driving device for driving a prism, a lens driving device for driving a lens body, and a base for fixing an image sensor. These components stand in order in a straight line in a case. The prism driving device has a driving portion and a flexible printed circuit board for relaying current supply from an external portion to the driving portion. Terminals of the flexible printed circuit board are connected to terminal receiving portions of the base.

Optical element driving device, camera device and electronic apparatus

A lens driving device is described that includes a base in which metal members are embedded, a circuit board arranged on the base, and suspension wires electrically connected to driving sources for moving the lens body with respect to the base. The metal members are electrically joined and fixed to the circuit board and the suspension wires at positions different from each other when viewed from an up-down direction.

Lens driving device, camera device and electronic apparatus

A lens driving device is described that includes, in an XYZ orthogonal coordinate system, a base, an intermediate member, a movable portion with an attachment portion for attaching a lens body, suspension wires arranged between the base and the intermediate member, and wire-shaped leaf springs arranged between the intermediate member and the movable portion. The suspension wires extend in a Y direction and movably support the intermediate member in an X direction and a Z direction. The wire-shaped leaf springs extend in an X direction and a Z direction and movably support the movable portion in the Y direction. A damper gel is arranged between the leaf spring and the movable portion and the intermediate member, and a damper gel is arranged between the suspension wire and the intermediate member and the base.

A lens driving device includes a carrier with an attachment portion for attaching a lens body and a base comprising a resin main body and a metal plate member embedded in the resin main body and movably supporting the carrier. An opening portion is provided in a center of the resin main body and the metal plate member is provided so as to block the opening portion. In the opening portion, the carrier directly opposes to the metal plate member.

According to an aspect of the present disclosure, an optical member driving device is provided. The device includes a fixed portion, a pivoting portion with a holding portion for holding the optical member, a pivot shaft, a driving portion, and a pivot suppressing portion. The pivot suppressing portion has a first magnet at the pivoting portion, and a second magnet at the fixed portion. The first magnet and the second magnet are disposed in such a manner that the same magnetic poles face each other in the pivoting direction.

Optical member driving device, camera device, and electronic apparatus

An optical element driving device is described that includes a fixed portion having supporting holes, a holding member having a supporting surface formed by a supporting portion supporting an optical element, and a supporting shaft supporting the holding member with respect to the fixed portion in a rockable manner. The supporting shaft has two end portions of cylindrical shape for the supporting holes, and a center portion with first and second outer peripheral surface. The first outer peripheral surface is flush with an outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical shape along an axis line of the cylindrical shape. The second outer peripheral surface is located further inside than the first outer peripheral surface. A center of the first outer peripheral surface is on the supporting surface, and the entire second outer peripheral surface is closer to the first outer peripheral surface than the supporting surface.

An optical element supporting device is provided that includes a fixed-side member, a first driving shaft, an intermediate member, a second driving shaft, a movable member and a driving mechanism. The first driving shaft extends in a first axis direction and is supported by the fixed-side member and the intermediate member is supported by the first driving shaft and rotates around the first axis with respect to the fixed-side member. The second driving shaft extends in a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction and is supported by the intermediate member. The movable member is supported by the second driving shaft to rotate around the second axis with respect to the intermediate member and has a placing portion for placing an optical element. The driving mechanism applies a rotation force to the optical element that is placed on the movable member.

An electromagnetic actuator comprises: a magnet; a pole piece mounted to the magnet; a yoke facing the pole piece; a coil base having a vibration coil; leaf springs for supporting the coil base and a weight; a case for enclosing them; a cover for covering one side of the case; and a diaphragm having a voice coil, wherein the arms of the coil base are inserted through notches formed in the yoke, and the vibration coil and the voice coil is disposed in a gap in which the pole piece and the yoke face each other. The weight vibrates by the application of a low-frequency current to the vibration coil, and the diaphragm vibrates by the application of a high-frequency current to the voice coil.

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Yamato, Japan

Noriyuki Washio