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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2009
Kazuhiko Takatsuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Tojo, Chiba, JP;
Masashi Nishimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera module includes a lens barrel, a lens holder, an image pickup device, and a plurality of springs supporting the lens holder in such a manner that the lens holder is movable along an optical axis of an imaging optical system. Each of the springs includes first and second arm portions extending perpendicularly to each other in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. Each of the first and second arm portions includes two parallel spring strips that are connected to each other by an arc portion. One of the spring strips of the first arm portion is connected to one of the spring strips of the second arm portion. The other one of the spring strips of the first arm portion is attached to the lens holder, and the other one of the spring strips of the second arm portion is attached to the lens barrel.