Patents by Inventor Sang-Ok Park

Sang-Ok Park 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).

  • Patent number: 11782329
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a dual camera module comprising: a rigid first substrate having a first image sensor arranged thereon; a rigid second substrate spaced apart from the first substrate and having a second image sensor arranged thereon; a third substrate connected to the first substrate and the second substrate; and a flexible connection unit for connecting the first substrate to the second substrate, wherein the first substrate includes a first side surface, the second substrate includes a second side surface facing the first side surface, and the connection unit connects the first side surface of the first substrate to the second side surface of the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Tae Young Kim, Hyun Ah Oh, Youn Baek Jeong
  • Patent number: 11774775
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a bobbin provided at an outer circumferential surface thereof with a first coil, a first position sensor disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin and spaced apart from the first coil, a first magnet disposed so as to be opposite to the first position sensor, a second magnet disposed so as to be opposite to the first coil, the second magnet being configured to move the bobbin in a direction parallel to an optical axis via electromagnetic interaction with the first coil, a housing configured to support the first magnet and the second magnet; and upper and lower elastic members coupled to the bobbin and the housing, wherein the first position sensor is moved along with the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung, Hyune O Yoo
  • Publication number: 20230305264
    Abstract: A motor for driving lenses is provided. The motor includes a case, a yoke fixed in the case, a magnet fixed in the yoke, a carrier equipped with lenses and installed in the magnet such that the carrier moves up and down within the magnet, a coil coupled with the carrier, in which the coil cooperates with the magnet to move up and down the carrier, a spring unit including first and second springs having arc shapes and being separated from each other while forming a ring shape as a whole, a spacer supporting the outer peripheral surface of the spring unit, and a terminal provided on the spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Sang Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20230305265
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Sang Jun MIN, Jun Taek LEE
  • Patent number: 11768422
    Abstract: A VCM is disclosed, the motor including a stator including a first driving unit, a rotor arranged inside the stator, including a second driving unit responding to the first driving unit and mounted therein with a lens, a base fixing the stator, and an elastic member coupled to the rotor to float the rotor from the base in a case a driving signal for driving the first and second driving units is not applied to the first and second driving units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20230296858
    Abstract: 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 equ
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Byung Wook Son, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee
  • Patent number: 11762215
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving apparatus, a camera module comprising the lens driving apparatus, and an optical device comprising the camera module. The lens driving apparatus comprises: a base; a first substrate placed on the base; a housing placed on the first substrate; a bobbin placed inside the housing; a lower resilient member for coupling the bobbin and the housing; a first coil placed on the bobbin; a magnet placed on the housing and facing the first coil; and a second substrate placed on the first substrate and comprising a second coil which faces the magnet, wherein the lower resilient member is connected to the first substrate or the second substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Ok Park
  • Patent number: 11754802
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; a magnet disposed in the housing; a first coil which is disposed in the bobbin, and is opposite to the magnet; a base disposed on the lower side of the housing; a substrate portion comprising a body portion, which is disposed on the upper surface of the base, and a terminal portion extending toward the lower side of the body portion; a terminal portion accommodating portion which is formed on a side surface of the base and accommodates at least a part of the terminal portion; and an adhesive accommodating groove which is formed in the terminal portion accommodating portion and accommodates at least a part of an adhesive contacting the terminal portion and the terminal portion accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Cheol Kim, Jin Suk Han, Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Byung Wook Son, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Tae Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20230273397
    Abstract: The present embodiments relates to a lens driving device including: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; a first magnet which is disposed on the housing and faces the coil; a second magnet disposed on the bobbin; and a sensor which is disposed on the housing and faces the second sensor, wherein the sensor includes an upper surface, a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface, an inner surface facing the second magnet, an outer surface disposed opposite the inner surface, and both lateral surfaces connecting the inner surface with the outer surface, the upper surface and the lower surface of the sensor are fixed to the housing, and one of the side surfaces of the sensor is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Cheol KIM, Jin Suk HAN, Sang Ok PARK, Tae Bong PARK, Seung Taek SHIN
  • Publication number: 20230273396
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Jun Taek LEE, Sang Ok PARK, Byung Wook SON, Seong Min LEE
  • Patent number: 11740427
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son, Sang Jun Min, Kyoung Ho Yoo
  • Patent number: 11740485
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin in which a lens is mounted, a first coil and a magnet configured to electromagnetically interact with each other so as to move the bobbin, a housing configured to accommodate the bobbin therein, an elastic member including an inner frame coupled to the bobbin, an outer frame coupled to the housing, and a frame connection portion configured to connect the inner frame and the outer frame to each other, and a support member connected to the elastic member and configured to support the housing, and the outer frame includes a first coupling portion coupled to the housing, a second coupling portion coupled to the support member, the second coupling portion being spaced apart from the first coupling portion, and a single connection portion configured to connect the first coupling portion and the second coupling portion to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min
  • Publication number: 20230269452
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises a housing, a bobbin disposed inside the housing, a first coil disposed on the bobbin, a first magnet disposed in the housing, an upper elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a circuit substrate disposed under the housing, a base which is disposed under the circuit substrate and includes a first hole, a conductive pattern disposed on the base and electrically connected to the circuit substrate, and a support member having one end coupled to the upper elastic member and the other end coupled to the conductive pattern, wherein the other end of the support member is coupled to the base through the first hole in the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung
  • Patent number: 11726296
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing supporting a first coil; a bobbin supporting a magnet, the bobbin being moved inside the housing in a first direction, which is parallel with an optical axis, by an electromagnetic interaction between the magnet and the first coil; an elastic member coupled to the bobbin and to the housing; a first circuit board electrically connected to the elastic member; a second circuit board arranged below the housing; a second coil arranged on the second circuit board; and a support member electrically connecting the first circuit board and the second circuit board or electrically connecting the elastic member and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sang Ok Park
  • Patent number: 11714255
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Taek Lee, Sang Ok Park, Byung Wook Son, Seong Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20230228963
    Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a cover member; a housing disposed inside the cover member; a bobbin disposed inside the housing so as to move in a first direction; a first coil disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; a first magnet coupled to the housing; an upper elastic member disposed on the upper side of the bobbin and coupled to the bobbin and the housing; a base disposed on a the lower side of the housing and coupled to the cover member; a substrate disposed between the housing and the base and including a circuit member having a second coil disposed to be opposite to the first magnet; and a plurality of support members connected to the upper elastic member and the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Byung Wook SON, Sang Jun MIN, Jun Taek LEE
  • Patent number: 11698508
    Abstract: A motor for driving lenses is provided. The motor includes a case, a yoke fixed in the case, a magnet fixed in the yoke, a carrier equipped with lenses and installed in the magnet such that the carrier moves up and down within the magnet, a coil coupled with the carrier, in which the coil cooperates with the magnet to move up and down the carrier, a spring unit including first and second springs having arc shapes and being separated from each other while forming a ring shape as a whole, a spacer supporting the outer peripheral surface of the spring unit, and a terminal provided on the spacer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Sang Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11698509
    Abstract: 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 equ
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Byung Wook Son, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee
  • Publication number: 20230217106
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a display panel including an active area; and a camera module for receiving light passing through the active area, wherein the camera module includes: a lens fixed to be spaced apart from the display panel; an image sensor spaced apart from the lens; and a driving unit for moving the image sensor in an optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventor: Sang Ok PARK
  • Patent number: 11681116
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Taek Lee, Sang Ok Park, Byung Wook Son, Seong Min Lee