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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2011
Hiromitsu Takei, Nagano, JP;
Takeshi Sue, Nagano, JP;
Yukio Furuya, Nagano, JP;
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
A lens drive device formed in a substantially quadrangular shape may include a movable body holding a lens, a fixed body movably holding the movable body, and a drive mechanism for driving the movable body in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism may include first drive magnets respectively disposed on four side faces of the lens drive device, a second drive magnet for restraining inclination which is disposed on at least one of four corners of the lens drive device, and a drive coil which is wound around in a substantially octagonal shape. Magnetic flux passing through the drive coil at one of the four corners of the lens drive device is different from magnetic fluxes passing through the drive coil at the other three corners, or magnetic fluxes passing through the drive coil at two corners adjacent to each other of the four corners of the lens drive device are different from magnetic fluxes passing through the drive coil at the other two corners.