Patents by Inventor Yohei ENTA
Yohei ENTA 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: 11567338Abstract: This camera actuator comprises: an optical path bending member; a lens unit disposed at a subsequent stage of the optical path bending member; a first actuator that is disposed near the optical path bending member and displaces the optical path bending member; and a second actuator and a third actuator that are disposed near the lens unit so as to be apart from each other in a first direction, and that respectively displace the lens unit in a second direction and a third direction that are orthogonal to the first direction and orthogonal to each other. As a result, the present invention provides a camera actuator capable of improving the degree of freedom of design around the optical path bending member.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohei Enta, Masahiro Saito, Kazutaka Goami, Hiroshi Matsuda
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Patent number: 11520118Abstract: This lens drive device 1 comprises: an autofocus drive unit for performing autofocus using a driving force of a voice coil motor configured from a first coil part 112 and a magnet part 122; and a shake correction drive unit for performing shake correction using a driving force of a voice coil motor configured from a second coil part 231 and the magnet part 122. The magnet part 122 includes first magnets 122A, 122C disposed at two mutually facing sides among the four sides of a substantially rectangular-shaped lens drive device in a plan view, and a second magnet 122B disposed at another side. The side the second magnet 122B faces is designated a no-magnet disposed section R where no magnet is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke Konuma, Tomoyuki Murakami, Shota Kudo, Yohei Enta
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Publication number: 20210297596Abstract: The lens driving device is provided with: a shake correction driving unit that has a shake correction magnet and a shake correction coil, and that performs shake correction by causing a shake correction movable unit including the shake correction magnet to oscillate within a plane orthogonal to the optical axis direction with respect to a shake correction fixation unit which includes the shake correction coil, by use of the driving force of a voice coil motor configured with the shake correction coil and the shake correction magnet; and an elastic support member that supports the shake correction movable unit so as to oscillate with respect to the shake correction fixation unit, wherein the shake correction movable unit has, in the lens arranging region, a plurality of lens mounting parts to which a plurality of lenses are mounted.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei ENTA
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Patent number: 10944909Abstract: An actuator is provided with: the fixed part being formed by arranging either a coil part or a magnet part on a base member on the external peripheral side of the driven part; a movable part having a frame-like holding member for arranging and holding the other of the coil part or the magnet part on the base-member-side surface on the external peripheral side of the driven part; and a support part for inclinably supporting the movable part in relation to the fixed part, the support part being disposed on the base member. The holding member has, on the surface on the opposite side from the base member and farther inward than the arrangement area of either the coil part or the magnet part, a mounting surface part on which a first capturing module and a second capturing module are mounted as driven parts.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei Enta
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Publication number: 20210006720Abstract: An actuator is provided with: the fixed part being formed by arranging either a coil part or a magnet part on a base member on the external peripheral side of the driven part; a movable part having a frame-like holding member for arranging and holding the other of the coil part or the magnet part on the base-member-side surface on the external peripheral side of the driven part; and a support part for inclinably supporting the movable part in relation to the fixed part, the support part being disposed on the base member. The holding member has, on the surface on the opposite side from the base member and farther inward than the arrangement area of either the coil part or the magnet part, a mounting surface part on which a first capturing module and a second capturing module are mounted as driven parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2017Publication date: January 7, 2021Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei ENTA
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Publication number: 20200174270Abstract: This camera actuator comprises: an optical path bending member; a lens unit disposed at a subsequent stage of the optical path bending member; a first actuator that is disposed near the optical path bending member and displaces the optical path bending member; and a second actuator and a third actuator that are disposed near the lens unit so as to be apart from each other in a first direction, and that respectively displace the lens unit in a second direction and a third direction that are orthogonal to the first direction and orthogonal to each other. As a result, the present invention provides a camera actuator capable of improving the degree of freedom of design around the optical path bending member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2018Publication date: June 4, 2020Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yohei ENTA, Masahiro SAITO, Kazutaka GOAMI, Hiroshi MATSUDA
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Patent number: 10371921Abstract: Provided is a lens drive device for which, before the device itself is assembled, the operation by an OIS voice coil motor in a shake correcting actuator is confirmed, so as to reduce the production costs in case of an operation defect and to achieve good production. The device comprises: a mobile body configured so that a magnet is disposed in a frame-shaped retaining member in which an imaging module is installed; a fixed body which has a base member and which is configured so that a coil is disposed in the base member; a support part that tiltably supports the mobile body relative to the fixed body; and a main substrate to which the fixed body is fixed. The fixed body includes a coil substrate having a terminal to which the coil is connected, and the coil is connected to a circuit of the main substrate via the terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO, LTD.Inventor: Yohei Enta
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Publication number: 20190204532Abstract: This lens drive device 1 comprises: an autofocus drive unit for performing autofocus using a driving force of a voice coil motor configured from a first coil part 112 and a magnet part 122; and a shake correction drive unit for performing shake correction using a driving force of a voice coil motor configured from a second coil part 231 and the magnet part 122. The magnet part 122 includes first magnets 122A, 122C disposed at two mutually facing sides among the four sides of a substantially rectangular-shaped lens drive device in a plan view, and a second magnet 122B disposed at another side. The side the second magnet 122B faces is designated a no-magnet disposed section R where no magnet is disposed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2017Publication date: July 4, 2019Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinsuke KONUMA, Tomoyuki MURAKAMI, Shota KUDO, Yohei ENTA
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Patent number: 10197887Abstract: Provided is an actuator capable of efficiently detecting the vibration of a driven part which is a movable body (an imaging module, for example), over a wide range even with a narrow mounting space. A fixed body in this actuator comprises: a gyroscope for detecting the vibration of the fixed body; a first Hall element for detecting a first position of a lens part associated with a movement in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens part; and a second Hall element for detecting a second position associated with a movement in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The vibration of the driven part is corrected on the basis of the vibration of the fixed body detected by the gyroscope and the positions detected by the first and second Hall elements.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei Enta
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Patent number: 10073236Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes: a lens holder including an auto-focusing first coil; a lens holder moving section; driving magnets disposed at four corners of the lens holder moving section; a camera-shake correction second coil; a plurality of suspension wires; an elastic member; and at least one damper compound, wherein the elastic member comprises first and second leaf springs mounted to first and second ends of the lens holder moving section, respectively, the second leaf spring is arranged apart from the fixed member compared to the first leaf spring, the fixed member is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the first leaf spring, the plurality of suspension wires extend along the first direction, are fixed to the fixed member and the second leaf spring, and the damper compound is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the second leaf spring.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ichiro Hayashi, Yohei Enta
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Publication number: 20180188474Abstract: Provided is a lens drive device for which, before the device itself is assembled, the operation by an OIS voice coil motor in a shake correcting actuator is confirmed, so as to reduce the production costs in case of an operation defect and to achieve good production. The device comprises: a mobile body configured so that a magnet is disposed in a frame-shaped retaining member in which an imaging module is installed; a fixed body which has a base member and which is configured so that a coil is disposed in the base member; a support part that tiltably supports the mobile body relative to the fixed body; and a main substrate to which the fixed body is fixed. The fixed body includes a coil substrate having a terminal to which the coil is connected, and the coil is connected to a circuit of the main substrate via the terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2016Publication date: July 5, 2018Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei ENTA
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Publication number: 20180173080Abstract: Provided is an actuator capable of efficiently detecting the vibration of a driven part which is a movable body (an imaging module, for example), over a wide range even with a narrow mounting space. A fixed body in this actuator comprises: a gyroscope for detecting the vibration of the fixed body; a first Hall element for detecting a first position of a lens part associated with a movement in a first direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the lens part; and a second Hall element for detecting a second position associated with a movement in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The vibration of the driven part is corrected on the basis of the vibration of the fixed body detected by the gyroscope and the positions detected by the first and second Hall elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2016Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei ENTA
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Patent number: 9936134Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an actuator which can realize a further reduction in height. Provided is an actuator which performs shake correction by tilting a driven member using the drive force of a voice coil motor, wherein a support part tiltably supports a movable body with respect to a fixed body in which one from between a magnet part and a coil part is disposed on a base member, the movable body being configured so that the other from between the magnet part and the coil part is disposed on a frame-shaped retaining member on which the driven member is mounted. The retaining member has steps, and these steps enable a mounting site of the driven member to be closer to the base member than the disposition site of the one from between the coil part and the magnet part.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2015Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei Enta
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Publication number: 20180011283Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes: a lens holder including an auto-focusing first coil; a lens holder moving section; driving magnets disposed at four corners of the lens holder moving section; a camera-shake correction second coil; a plurality of suspension wires; an elastic member; and at least one damper compound, wherein the elastic member comprises first and second leaf springs mounted to first and second ends of the lens holder moving section, respectively, the second leaf spring is arranged apart from the fixed member compared to the first leaf spring, the fixed member is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the first leaf spring, the plurality of suspension wires extend along the first direction, are fixed to the fixed member and the second leaf spring, and the damper compound is disposed at a position in the vicinity of the second leaf spring.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2017Publication date: January 11, 2018Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ichiro HAYASHI, Yohei ENTA
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Publication number: 20170353662Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide an actuator which can realize a further reduction in height. Provided is an actuator which performs shake correction by tilting a driven member using the drive force of a voice coil motor, wherein a support part tiltably supports a movable body with respect to a fixed body in which one from between a magnet part and a coil part is disposed on a base member, the movable body being configured so that the other from between the magnet part and the coil part is disposed on a frame-shaped retaining member on which the driven member is mounted. The retaining member has steps, and these steps enable a mounting site of the driven member to be closer to the base member than the disposition site of the one from between the coil part and the magnet part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2015Publication date: December 7, 2017Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei ENTA
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Patent number: 9791661Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes: a movable section including a lens holder, a lens holder moving section, and a driving magnets; a camera-shake correction second coil configured to move the movable section in a second direction and a third direction in cooperation with the driving magnet; wherein the lens holder moving section comprises: a magnet holder; a lower leaf spring; an upper leaf spring; and a damper compound, the damper compound is disposed in the vicinity of the upper leaf spring so as to enclose at least one suspension wire, and the lens holder moves in the first direction in a space having an octagonal shape as viewed in a plane orthogonal to a first direction along an optical axis, the space being defined by the lens holder moving section and the driving magnets.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ichiro Hayashi, Yohei Enta
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Patent number: 9746690Abstract: This actuator carries out shake correction by inclining a driven unit using the driving force of a voice coil motor having a coil portion and a magnet portion. The actuator is provided with: a movable portion that has a flat frame-like holding member to which the driven unit is adhered, wherein one of either the coil portion or the magnet portion is disposed in the holding member; a fixed portion that has a base member and a frame-like cover member that is fixed to the peripheral edge of the base member, wherein the other of either the coil portion or the magnet portion is disposed in the base member; and a support portion that is disposed in the base member and supports the movable portion so as to be inclinable relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is sandwiched between the base member and the cover member.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2015Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei Enta
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Publication number: 20170045753Abstract: This actuator carries out shake correction by inclining a driven unit using the driving force of a voice coil motor having a coil portion and a magnet portion. The actuator is provided with: a movable portion that has a flat frame-like holding member to which the driven unit is adhered, wherein one of either the coil portion or the magnet portion is disposed in the holding member; a fixed portion that has a base member and a frame-like cover member that is fixed to the peripheral edge of the base member, wherein the other of either the coil portion or the magnet portion is disposed in the base member; and a support portion that is disposed in the base member and supports the movable portion so as to be inclinable relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is sandwiched between the base member and the cover member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2015Publication date: February 16, 2017Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Yohei ENTA
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Publication number: 20160306134Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes: a movable section including a lens holder, a lens holder moving section, and a driving magnets; a camera-shake correction second coil configured to move the movable section in a second direction and a third direction in cooperation with the driving magnet; wherein the lens holder moving section comprises: a magnet holder; a lower leaf spring; an upper leaf spring; and a damper compound, the damper compound is disposed in the vicinity of the upper leaf spring so as to enclose at least one suspension wire, and the lens holder moves in the first direction in a space having an octagonal shape as viewed in a plane orthogonal to a first direction along an optical axis, the space being defined by the lens holder moving section and the driving magnets.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: October 20, 2016Applicant: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ichiro HAYASHI, Yohei ENTA
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Patent number: 9405088Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes: a lens holder having an auto-focusing first coil; a lens holder moving section that supports the lens holder in such a manner that the lens holder is movable in a first direction; a driving magnet disposed at four corners of the lens holder moving section and moves the lens holder in the first direction in cooperation with the first coil; a camera-shake correction second coil that moves the lens holder in a second direction and a third direction in cooperation with the driving magnet, the second direction and the third direction corresponding to diagonal directions of the lens holder moving section; and a supporting section that supports the lens holder moving section in such a manner that the lens holder moving section is movable in the second direction and the third direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2013Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Ichiro Hayashi, Yohei Enta