Patents by Inventor Jun-Taek Lee
Jun-Taek Lee has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11846771Abstract: A camera module is disclosed, the camera module including a PCB (Printed Circuit Board), a base arranged at an upper surface of the PCB, a holder member arranged at an upper surface of the base and formed with a plurality of magnet reception portions, a surface of which facing the base is opened, and a plurality of magnets coupled to the magnet reception portions, wherein the base is formed with a protrusion configured to support a bottom surface of the magnet by being protrusively formed at a position corresponding to an opening of the magnet reception portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Taek Lee, Sung Guk Lee
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Patent number: 11822227Abstract: A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a rotor having a first driving unit and arranged therein with a lens, a stator having a second driving unit wrapping the first driving unit and being opposite to the first driving unit, a base supporting the stator and having an opening formed at a position corresponding to that of the lens, a connection terminal including a pair of first and second connection terminals arranged at an upper surface of the base, and an elastic member including a first elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the first connection terminal and a second elastic member coupled to the rotor and electrically connected the second connection terminal.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Seong Min Lee, Sang Ok Park, Jun Taek Lee
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Patent number: 11824418Abstract: A lens moving apparatus, according to one embodiment, comprises: a bobbin having a first coil installed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; a location detection sensor equipped to the bobbin; a housing in which the bobbin is provided; an upper elastic member disposed on the upper side of the housing; and a support member that supports the housing such that the housing can move in a second or third direction that is perpendicular to a first direction, wherein the upper elastic member is divided into a plurality of parts, at least two of which are disposed parallel to each other on the x-y plane in the second or third direction and are disposed such that end portions thereof face each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Sung Guk Lee, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son
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Patent number: 11815798Abstract: A camera module includes a movable element; a lens coupled to the movable element; a first substrate fixed to the bottom surface of the movable element; an image sensor disposed on the first substrate; a second substrate disposed below the first substrate; and a wire for connecting the second substrate to the movable element. At least a part of the wire is made of a shape memory alloy.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Jun Taek Lee
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Publication number: 20230353848Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising a first camera module and a second camera module, wherein: a first magnet unit of the first camera module includes a first magnet and a second magnet, both disposed opposite to each other on a side surface of a first housing; a second magnet unit of the second camera module includes a third to a sixth magnet arranged on four respective corners of a second housing; a third magnet unit is disposed on a side surface of the first housing facing the second housing; the third magnet unit is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet; and the third magnet unit is smaller than the first magnet and is disposed on a virtual line connecting an optical axis of the first camera module and an optical axis of the second camera module.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Sang Jun MIN, Tae Jin JUNG
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Publication number: 20230350155Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, including: a cover member; a bobbin installed with at least one lens and having a coil unit arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a magnet arranged at a positon corresponding to that of the coil unit; first and second elastic members, where one end of each of the first and second elastic members may be respectively coupled to an upper surface and a lower surface of the bobbin and supporting movement of the bobbin in an optical axis direction; a detection unit configured to detect movement of the bobbin in a direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a damping member arranged at a connecting portion between the bobbin and the first elastic member; and a support unit provided at at least one of the bobbin and the first elastic member and maintaining an arranged position of the damping member.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Seong Min LEE, Jun Taek LEE, Byung Wook SON, Sang Jun MIN, Kyoung Ho YOO
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Publication number: 20230350157Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; and a lower elastic member provided on the lower side of the bobbin and coupled to the bobbin and to the housing, wherein the lower elastic member comprises a first outer portion, which is coupled to the housing, a second outer portion, which is coupled to the housing and is spaced from the first outer portion, a first inner portion, which is coupled to the bobbin, a second inner portion, which is coupled to the bobbin and is spaced from the first inner portion, a first elastic portion, which connects the first outer portion and the first inner portion, a second elastic portion, which connects the second outer portion and the second inner portion, and an inner connecting portion, which connects the first inner portion and the second inner portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventor: Jun Taek LEE
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Publication number: 20230324707Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a housing having a recess; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil unit disposed at the bobbin; a magnet disposed at the housing and facing the first coil unit; an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and an upper portion of the housing; a circuit board disposed under the housing; a second coil unit disposed on the circuit board and facing the magnet; and a support member electrically connecting the upper elastic member and the circuit board. A portion of the support member is disposed in the recess of the housing. The housing includes a protrusion extending upwards from an upper surface thereof, and the protrusion is positioned farther from a center of the housing than the recess of the housing when viewed from a top.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2023Publication date: October 12, 2023Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Bong PARK, Jun Taek LEE, Kyoung Ho YOO, Seung Taek SHIN, Jin Suk HAN
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Publication number: 20230324765Abstract: One embodiment relates to a lens driving device, comprising: a base; a circuit board disposed on the base; a housing disposed on the base; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a magnet disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin and opposite the magnet; and a second coil disposed between the circuit board and the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Yun Ho NOH, Sang Ok PARK
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Publication number: 20230305265Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device includes: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside of the housing; a support member coupled to the bobbin and the housing; and a sensor sensing a position of at least one of the bobbin and the housing, wherein the support member may include a first support unit, and a second support unit disposed not parallel to the first support unit, wherein the sensor may be disposed more adjacent to the first support unit than to the second support unit, and wherein an elastic modulus of the fist support unit may be lower than an elastic modulus of the second support unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2023Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Sang Jun MIN, Jun Taek LEE
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Publication number: 20230305362Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens driving device comprising: a base; a housing disposed on the base; a substrate disposed between the base and the housing; a holder disposed in the housing; a first magnet and a first coil for moving the housing and the holder in an optical-axis direction; a second magnet disposed in the holder; and a second coil disposed between the housing and the substrate and placed in a position corresponding to the second magnet, wherein the second coil moves the holder in a direction perpendicular to the optical-axis direction, a first region of the substrate is connected to the housing and a second region of the substrate is connected to the base, and the first region of the substrate is moved according to the movement of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2021Publication date: September 28, 2023Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Kyoung Ho YOO
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Publication number: 20230296858Abstract: A lens driving device according to an embodiment comprises: a movable unit on which at least one lens is mounted; a first coil and a driving magnet which face and interact with each other such that the movable unit is moved in the optical axis direction of the lens; a position sensor for sensing the position of the movable unit in the optical axis direction or a driver comprising the position sensor; and a positively magnetized magnet arranged to face the position sensor or the driver, wherein the positively magnetized magnet comprises a first side surface, which faces the position sensor and has a first polarity, and a second side surface, which faces the position sensor, which is arranged to be spaced from the first side surface in a direction parallel with the optical axis direction or arranged to abut the first side surface, and which has a second polarity that is the opposite of the first polarity of the first side surface, and the length of the first side surface in the optical axis direction may be equType: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Byung Wook Son, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee
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Publication number: 20230291990Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a camera device comprising a printed circuit board, a gyro sensor, and a first lens driving device, wherein the first lens driving device includes a cover member, a bobbin, a magnet, a coil and a substrate, the gyro sensor is arranged to be closest to a first lateral plate from among first to fourth lateral plates of the cover member, the substrate includes a first terminal unit and a plurality of terminals, which are arranged at the first terminal unit and are electrically connected to the printed circuit board, and the first terminal unit of the substrate is arranged at a location corresponding to the first lateral plate of the cover member.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Kyoung Ho YOO
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Publication number: 20230273396Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device including: a housing; a bobbin disposed at an inner side of the housing; a first driving part disposed on the bobbin; a second driving part disposed on the housing and facing the first driving part; a first mounting part disposed on the bobbin; a second mounting part disposed on the bobbin and disposed at an opposite side of the first mounting part based on a center of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed on the first mounting part; a sensor part sensing a position of the first magnet; and a second magnet disposed on the second mounting part.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Sang Ok PARK, Byung Wook SON, Seong Min LEE
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Patent number: 11740430Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; and a lower elastic member provided on the lower side of the bobbin and coupled to the bobbin and to the housing, wherein the lower elastic member comprises a first outer portion, which is coupled to the housing, a second outer portion, which is coupled to the housing and is spaced from the first outer portion, a first inner portion, which is coupled to the bobbin, a second inner portion, which is coupled to the bobbin and is spaced from the first inner portion, a first elastic portion, which connects the first outer portion and the first inner portion, a second elastic portion, which connects the second outer portion and the second inner portion, and an inner connecting portion, which connects the first inner portion and the second inner portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Jun Taek Lee
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Patent number: 11743562Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising a first camera module and a second camera module, wherein: a first magnet unit of the first camera module includes a first magnet and a second magnet, both disposed opposite to each other on a side surface of a first housing; a second magnet unit of the second camera module includes a third to a sixth magnet arranged on four respective corners of a second housing; a third magnet unit is disposed on a side surface of the first housing facing the second housing; the third magnet unit is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet; and the third magnet unit is smaller than the first magnet and is disposed on a virtual line connecting an optical axis of the first camera module and an optical axis of the second camera module.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Taek Lee, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung
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Patent number: 11740427Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, including: a cover member; a bobbin installed with at least one lens and having a coil unit arranged on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a magnet arranged at a positon corresponding to that of the coil unit; first and second elastic members, where one end of each of the first and second elastic members may be respectively coupled to an upper surface and a lower surface of the bobbin and supporting movement of the bobbin in an optical axis direction; a detection unit configured to detect movement of the bobbin in a direction parallel to the optical axis direction; a damping member arranged at a connecting portion between the bobbin and the first elastic member; and a support unit provided at at least one of the bobbin and the first elastic member and maintaining an arranged position of the damping member.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son, Sang Jun Min, Kyoung Ho Yoo
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Publication number: 20230251456Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a substrate; a first image sensor disposed on the substrate; a second image sensor disposed on the substrate while being spaced apart from the first image sensor; a housing disposed on the upper side of the substrate; a first bobbin disposed on the upper side of the first image sensor inside the housing; a second bobbin disposed on the upper side of the second image sensor inside the housing; a first coil disposed in the first bobbin; a second coil disposed in the second bobbin; and a first magnet which is disposed between the first coil and the second coil and faces the first coil and the second coil.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventor: Jun Taek LEE
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Patent number: 11714255Abstract: A lens driving device is provided, the lens driving device including: a housing; a bobbin disposed at an inner side of the housing; a first driving part disposed on the bobbin; a second driving part disposed on the housing and facing the first driving part; a first mounting part disposed on the bobbin; a second mounting part disposed on the bobbin and disposed at an opposite side of the first mounting part based on a center of the bobbin; a first magnet disposed on the first mounting part; a sensor part sensing a position of the first magnet; and a second magnet disposed on the second mounting part.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Taek Lee, Sang Ok Park, Byung Wook Son, Seong Min Lee
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Patent number: 11709374Abstract: A lens moving apparatus including: a housing having a recess; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil unit disposed at the bobbin; a magnet disposed at the housing and facing the first coil unit; an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the bobbin and an upper portion of the housing; a circuit board disposed under the housing; a second coil unit disposed on the circuit board and facing the magnet; and a support member electrically connecting the upper elastic member and the circuit board, wherein a portion of the support member is disposed in the recess of the housing, wherein the housing comprises a protrusion extending upwards from an upper surface thereof, and the protrusion is positioned farther from a center of the housing than the recess of the housing when viewed from a top.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Tae Bong Park, Jun Taek Lee, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Seung Taek Shin, Jin Suk Han