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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2015
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Keiichi Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Ariji, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Ajiki, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens holder driving device includes an auto-focusing lens holder driving portion moving a lens holder holding a lens barrel along an optical axis, and an image stabilizer portion stabilizing image blurred by moving the auto-focusing lens holder driving portion in first and second directions which are orthogonal to the optical axis and which are perpendicular to each other. The image stabilizer portion includes: a fixed portion disposed apart from the auto-focusing lens holder driving portion in the direction of the optical axis; a plurality of suspension wires having first end portions fixed to the fixed portion at outer regions thereof, extending along the optical axis, having second end portions fixed to the auto-focusing lens holder driving portion, and swingably supporting the auto-focusing lens holder driving portion in the first direction and the second direction; and a fracture preventing member preventing the suspension wires from fracturing.