Patents by Inventor Sung-Guk Lee

Sung-Guk 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).

  • Publication number: 20200183124
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a base including a body having an opening, and a first post portion, a second post portion, a third post portion, and a fourth post portion which protrude from the body; a bobbin disposed on the body; a coil disposed around the bobbin; a first magnet disposed between the first post portion and the second post portion; a second magnet disposed between the third post portion and the fourth post portion; a lower elastic member coupled to the lower portion of the bobbin and the base; and an upper elastic member coupled to the upper portion of the bobbin and the first to fourth post portions, wherein the lower elastic member is disposed inside the first to fourth post portions of the base, and the lower elastic member is coupled to the base between the first post portion and the fourth post portion adjacent to the first post portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Guk LEE
  • Publication number: 20200166770
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing including a hole; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed in the bobbin; a magnet disposed in the housing; an upper elastic member coupled to an upper portion of the housing; a support member coupled to the upper elastic member through the hole; and a base disposed under the housing, wherein the housing comprises: a first surface to which the upper elastic member is coupled; a second surface which is disposed at a position higher than a bottom surface of the housing and lower than the first surface; and a sloped surface which is adjacent to the second surface and has a predetermined angle with respect to the second surface, and wherein the hole is formed in the area of at least one of the second surface and the sloped surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Sung Guk LEE, Byung Wook SON, Seong Min LEE
  • Patent number: 10656432
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a housing for supporting a first magnet, a bobbin, which includes a first coil provided on an outer surface thereof and which moves in a first direction, a support member, which is disposed over one side surface of the housing, and which supports the bobbin and the housing such that the bobbin and the housing are movable in second and/or third directions, which are perpendicular to the first direction, a second coil, which is disposed over the housing, and which is spaced apart from the support member by a predetermined distance and which generates an electromagnetic force to move the support member in the second and/or third directions, and a printed circuit board disposed over the second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Guk Lee, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20200110243
    Abstract: The first embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens driving device comprising: a cover including an upper plate and a lateral plate extending from the upper plate; a bobbin arranged to move in a first direction within the cover; a coil arranged at the bobbin; a magnet which is arranged at the cover and faces the coil; and a base which is arranged below the bobbin and coupled to the cover, wherein the bobbin includes: a first surface facing the upper plate of the cover; a second surface which faces upwards and is arranged lower than the first surface; a first protrusion which is arranged at the first surface of the bobbin and overlapped with the upper plate of the cover in a first direction; and a groove concavely formed downwards on the second surface of the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventor: Sung Guk LEE
  • Publication number: 20200081220
    Abstract: An embodiment comprises: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet disposed in a side portion of the housing, and including a first side surface facing the coil and a second side surface opposite to the first side surface; and a yoke disposed in the upper portion of the housing and overlapping the magnet in the optical axis direction, wherein: the centerline of the magnet is located on one side with reference to a reference line; a first groove adjoining one end of the first side surface of the magnet is disposed at a first end of the magnet; a second groove adjoining the other end of the first side surface of the magnet is disposed at a second end of the magnet; the reference line passes through the center of the housing and is perpendicular to the outer surface of the side portion of the housing where the magnet is disposed; and the centerline of the magnet is a straight line passing through the center between the first end and the second end of the magnet and perp
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Sung Guk LEE
  • Publication number: 20200064586
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens driving unit including a base, a housing supported so as to be movable relative to the base, a magnet located on the housing, a pattern coil part including a pattern coil that is located opposite the magnet, the pattern coil part being located on the base, and a sensor part mounted to the pattern coil part for sensing a position or movement of the housing, and the pattern coil part includes a first layer and a second layer stacked on the first layer, the sensor part being mounted underneath the first layer, and the pattern coil being formed on the second layer. Thereby, manufacturing costs may be reduced owing to a reduction in the number of elements, processes, and process management points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Tae Bong PARK, Sung Guk LEE
  • Publication number: 20200021181
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Inventors: Sang Ok PARK, Kyoung Ho YOO, Sung Guk LEE, Seong Min LEE, Jun Taek LEE, Byung Wook SON
  • Publication number: 20190384034
    Abstract: The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device including: a first movable element including a bobbin and a first coil; a second movable element including a housing and a first magnet; a base disposed below the housing; a board including a circuit member having a second coil; an upper elastic member; and a support member, wherein the bobbin includes a first stopper and a second stopper, which overlap the second movable element in an optical axis direction and are spaced apart from each other, the housing includes side parts and corner parts formed between the side parts, a first stopper is disposed on the side of the corner parts, the second stopper is disposed on the side of the side parts, and the distance between the first stopper and the second movable element in the optical axis direction is different from the distance between the second stopper and the second movable element in the optical axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Sung Guk Lee
  • Publication number: 20190377241
    Abstract: A camera module comprises: a first camera module; and a second camera module including a second side that faces a first side of the first camera module, wherein the first camera module comprises: a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; a coil disposed on the outer circumferential surface of the bobbin; and two magnets, facing each other, that are arranged at the sides of the housing in the direction perpendicular to the first side of the first camera module, so as to face the coil, wherein each of the two magnets comprises: an upper surface; a lower surface; an inner surface facing the coil; an outer surface disposed on the reverse side to the inner surface; and two side surfaces connecting the inner surface and the outer surface, wherein a depressed part is provided on the side surface of the magnet, among the two side surfaces of the magnet, that is disposed on the first side of the first camera module, the depressed part being formed by recessing a portion of the side surface of the magnet, and th
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Guk LEE, Seong Min LEE, Sang Jun MIN, Tae Jin JUNG
  • Patent number: 10502923
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens driving unit including a base, a housing supported so as to be movable relative to the base, a magnet located on the housing, a pattern coil part including a pattern coil that is located opposite the magnet, the pattern coil part being located on the base, and a sensor part mounted to the pattern coil part for sensing a position or movement of the housing, and the pattern coil part includes a first layer and a second layer stacked on the first layer, the sensor part being mounted underneath the first layer, and the pattern coil being formed on the second layer. Thereby, manufacturing costs may be reduced owing to a reduction in the number of elements, processes, and process management points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Bong Park, Sung Guk Lee
  • Patent number: 10468959
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Ok Park, Kyoung Ho Yoo, Sung Guk Lee, Seong Min Lee, Jun Taek Lee, Byung Wook Son
  • Publication number: 20190162952
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Inventors: JUN TAEK LEE, SUNG GUK LEE
  • Publication number: 20190121159
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a housing for supporting a first magnet, a bobbin, which includes a first coil provided on an outer surface thereof and which moves in a first direction, a support member, which is disposed over one side surface of the housing, and which supports the bobbin and the housing such that the bobbin and the housing are movable in second and/or third directions, which are perpendicular to the first direction, a second coil, which is disposed over the housing, and which is spaced apart from the support member by a predetermined distance and which generates an electromagnetic force to move the support member in the second and/or third directions, and a printed circuit board disposed over the second coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: SUNG GUK LEE, SANG JUN MIN, TAE JIN JUNG
  • Publication number: 20190107687
    Abstract: A camera module may comprise: a printed circuit board on which an image sensor is mounted; a holder member disposed above the printed circuit board and having a plurality of magnets installed thereon; a bobbin installed on the inside of the holder member to be capable of moving along an optical axis, and having a coil unit installed on the outer peripheral surface thereof to be capable of electrically interacting with the magnets; a plurality of receptacles formed in the peripheral surface of the bobbin to form spaces that are separated from the coil unit; and a cover member having a plurality of integrally formed inner yokes, which are formed at positions corresponding to the plurality of receptacles and have the surface on one side thereof separated a certain distance from the coil unit and the surface on the other side thereof separated a certain distance from the bobbin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Inventors: SANG JUN MIN, HYUNE O YOO, SUNG GUK LEE
  • Patent number: 10234680
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Taek Lee, Sung Guk Lee
  • Patent number: 10197813
    Abstract: A lens moving apparatus includes a housing for supporting a first magnet, a bobbin, which includes a first coil provided on an outer surface thereof and which moves in a first direction, a support member, which is disposed over one side surface of the housing, and which supports the bobbin and the housing such that the bobbin and the housing are movable in second and/or third directions, which are perpendicular to the first direction, a second coil, which is disposed over the housing, and which is spaced apart from the support member by a predetermined distance and which generates an electromagnetic force to move the support member in the second and/or third directions, and a printed circuit board disposed over the second coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Guk Lee, Sang Jun Min, Tae Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20190033614
    Abstract: A lens driving device according to an embodiment comprises: a bobbin wherein at least one lens is installed inside thereof and a first coil is installed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; a first magnet arranged around the bobbin so as to be opposite to the first coil; a housing for supporting the first magnet; upper and lower elastic members coupled with the bobbin and the housing; a first sensor for sensing displacement of the bobbin in the first direction; a second magnet arranged so as to be opposite to the first sensor; a base arranged to be spaced apart from the housing by a certain distance; a second coil arranged so as to be opposite to the first magnet; a circuit board whereon the second coil is installed; a plurality of support members for supporting the housing so as to be movable in the second and third directions which are orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the base and for connecting at least one of the upper and lower elastic members to the circuit board; and a second
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Jin JUNG, Sang Jun MIN, Sung Guk LEE
  • Patent number: 10180561
    Abstract: A camera module may comprise: a printed circuit board on which an image sensor is mounted; a holder member disposed above the printed circuit board and having a plurality of magnets installed thereon; a bobbin installed on the inside of the holder member to be capable of moving along an optical axis, and having a coil unit installed on the outer peripheral surface thereof to be capable of electrically interacting with the magnets; a plurality of receptacles formed in the peripheral surface of the bobbin to form spaces that are separated from the coil unit; and a cover member having a plurality of integrally formed inner yokes, which are formed at positions corresponding to the plurality of receptacles and have a surface on one side thereof separated a certain distance from the coil unit and a surface on the other side thereof separated a certain distance from the bobbin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Jun Min, Hyune O Yoo, Sung Guk Lee
  • Publication number: 20180364444
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a lens driving unit including a base, a housing supported so as to be movable relative to the base, a magnet located on the housing, a pattern coil part including a pattern coil that is located opposite the magnet, the pattern coil part being located on the base, and a sensor part mounted to the pattern coil part for sensing a position or movement of the housing, and the pattern coil part includes a first layer and a second layer stacked on the first layer, the sensor part being mounted underneath the first layer, and the pattern coil being formed on the second layer. Thereby, manufacturing costs may be reduced owing to a reduction in the number of elements, processes, and process management points.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: TAE BONG PARK, SUNG GUK LEE
  • Patent number: 10114229
    Abstract: A lens driving device according to an embodiment comprises: a bobbin wherein at least one lens is installed inside thereof and a first coil is installed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; a first magnet arranged around the bobbin so as to be opposite to the first coil; a housing for supporting the first magnet; upper and lower elastic members coupled with the bobbin and the housing; a first sensor for sensing displacement of the bobbin in the first direction; a second magnet arranged so as to be opposite to the first sensor; a base arranged to be spaced apart from the housing by a certain distance; a second coil arranged so as to be opposite to the first magnet; a circuit board whereon the second coil is installed; a plurality of support members for supporting the housing so as to be movable in the second and third directions which are orthogonal to the first direction with respect to the base and for connecting at least one of the upper and lower elastic members to the circuit board; and a second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Jin Jung, Sang Jun Min, Sung Guk Lee