Abstract: An optical assembly includes a movable body that includes an optical module, a frame body radially outward of the movable body, and support portions that swingably support the movable body with respect to the frame body. Each of the support portions includes a guide portion between the movable body and the frame body to support the movable body, and a preload portion that pushes the guide portion toward the movable body. A radially inner end portion of the preload portion is connected to a radially outer end portion of the guide portion. A radially outer end portion of the preload portion is supported by the frame body. One of the movable body and the guide portion includes a first convex surface, and the other includes a first concave surface in contact with the first convex surface.

Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function has a shake correction function for correcting a shake of an optical module. The optical unit with a shake correction function includes: a movable body including the optical module; a fixed body disposed outward of the movable body in a radial direction with respect to an optical axis of the optical module; and a support part disposed between the movable body and the fixed body in the radial direction and structured to support the movable body such that the movable body is swingable relative to the fixed body. The movable body and the support part or the support part and the fixed body have, in a pair, a swing mechanism structured to allow the movable body to swing relative to the fixed body. The swing mechanism includes a protruded spherical portion and a recessed spherical portion that is larger in radius of curvature than the protruded spherical portion.

Abstract: An optical unit with an image stabilization function includes a movable body having an annular holder for holding a camera module, a swing support mechanism for swingably supporting the movable body, and a fixing body for supporting the movable body with the swing support mechanism interposed between them. The holder includes three or more of a plurality of protrusions that project radially. The fixing body includes a plurality of arc surfaces that come into contact with each of the plurality of protrusions from the outer peripheral side. The swing support mechanism includes the plurality of protrusions and the plurality of arc surfaces. The arc surface is a concave curved surface obtained by transferring part of a virtual spherical surface centered on a preset swing center point.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical unit with shake correction function capable of preventing a thrust receiving member, which fixes a sphere, from falling off from the movable body in an optical axis direction. According to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a thrust receiving member to which a first sphere is fixed is held by a holding portion formed of the cutout recess provided in a fixed body. A bottom wall surface of the holding portion makes contact with a bent plate portion of the thrust receiving member from ?Z direction side. Further, locked surface parts provided on a pair of side wall surfaces of a holding portion make contact, from +Z direction side, with a pair of locking plate portions protruding from a bent plate portion in circumferential direction in the thrust receiving member.

Abstract: A drive device is provided and includes: a movable body including an attachment part, to which an optical module is attached; a fixed body; and a support part rotatably supporting the movable body about an optical axis of the optical module attached to the attachment part with respect to the fixed body. The movable body includes a movable body-side fixing part, to which a flexible printed circuit pulled out of the optical module is fixed. The fixed body includes a fixed body-side fixing part, to which the flexible printed circuit is fixed. And, a portion between the movable body-side fixing part and the fixed body-side fixing part in a region along an outer periphery of the fixed body is set as a region drawn around in an attitude causing a thickness direction of the flexible printed circuit to be directions both orthogonal to a direction of the optical axis.

Abstract: An optical unit is provided for performing heat dissipation for an optical module. The optical unit includes a movable body having the optical module and a fixed body which holds the movable body in a displaceable state. The movable body includes a circuit board provided in the optical module and at least one heat radiation member disposed in a periphery of the optical module. The heat radiation member is connected with the circuit board in a heat-conductive manner.

Abstract: A laser pointer may include a laser beam emission unit to emit a laser beam; a housing; a shake detection sensor; a shake correction mechanism to change a direction of the laser beam, and a movable member including an accommodation portion arranged to face a window formed in one surface of the fixed body. The shake detection sensor is housed in the movable member, the fixed body, or the housing. The shake correction mechanism may include an attachment adjusting member housed together with the laser beam emission unit in the accommodation portion while surrounding a side periphery of the laser beam emission unit; a movable member support mechanism; and a movable member drive mechanism.

Abstract: A laser pointer may include a laser light emitter that emits a laser beam, a housing accommodating the laser light emitter; a vibration detection sensor that detects a vibration produced in the housing, a shake correction mechanism that changes a direction of the laser beam emitted by the laser light emitter, and a controller that controls the direction of the laser beam, which is changed by the shake correction mechanism, into a direction so as to offset the vibration detected by the vibration detection sensor. The controller may be configured to calculate a frequency of the vibration; calculate a movement amount of the vibration; determine whether a vibration applied to the housing is caused by a hand-shake based on the frequency of the vibration and the movement amount of the vibration; and activate the shake correction mechanism in response to a determination that the vibration is caused by a hand-shake.

Abstract: An optical unit with shake correction function may have a movable member configured hold an optical element; a holder configured to support the movable member on an inner circumferential side via a swingable supporting mechanism; a first rotation supporting mechanism configured to rotatably support the holder at a periphery of an axis; and a fixing member configured to support the holder via the first rotation supporting mechanism. The fixing member may include a fixing member side opposing part that opposes to the holder in a Z axis direction (direction of the axis), and the holder may include a holder side opposing part that opposes to the fixing member side opposing part in the Z axis direction. The first rotation supporting mechanism may include a plurality of balls between the fixing member side opposing part and the holder side opposing par.

Abstract: To draw a flexible printed circuit board in a small space with high flexibility in an optical unit with shake correction function. In an optical unit with rolling correction function, a first flexible printed circuit board for an imaging element is drawn around an optical axis of the optical unit with rolling correction function such that the first flexible printed circuit board is wound by substantially a turn in a circumferential direction at an identical height in an optical axis direction. Furthermore, in a portion wound in the circumferential direction (i.e., a connection part), one end and the other end in the circumferential direction are at an identical height in the optical axis direction. Furthermore, a second flexible printed circuit board for a rolling magnetic driving mechanism and a third flexible printed circuit board for a swing magnetic driving mechanism are also drawn in a similar manner.

Abstract: An optical unit with shake correction function capable of reducing a weight of a rotation member to be rotated in rolling correction. An optical unit with shake correction function includes: a movable member; a swing supporting mechanism supporting the movable member such that the movable member is able to swing; and a fixation member supporting the movable member via the swing supporting mechanism. The movable member includes: an imaging module; a rotation seat supporting the imaging module; a rotation supporting mechanism supporting the rotation seat such that the rotation seat is able to rotate on an optical axis of the imaging module; a supporting member supporting the rotation seat via the rotation supporting mechanism; and a rolling magnetic driving mechanism causing the rotation seat to rotate. The imaging module and the rotation seat configure the rotation member to be rotated by the rolling magnetic driving mechanism.

Abstract: A movable unit of an optical module having an image shake correction function is supported by a gimbal mechanism so as to be rotatable around a first axis R1 and a second axis R2. The movable body is driven by a shake-correction magnetic drive mechanism including magnets and fixed to the movable body. The movable body further includes a lens-moving magnetic drive mechanism to move a lens module in an optical axis direction. The lens-moving magnetic drive mechanism includes a lens-moving coil fixed to the lens module 7 and a lens-moving magnet disposed radially outward of the lens-moving coil. The magnets and also serve as the lens-moving magnet and are disposed radially outward of a triaxial intersection.

Abstract: The disclosure reduces the size of an optical unit with a shake correction function provided with a filter switching function and reduces the power consumption. An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a fixed body; a movable body having an optical element; an oscillation support mechanism configured to oscillatably support the movable body with respect to the fixed body; and a shake correction drive mechanism configured to oscillate the movable body, such that the movable body includes a filter and a filter switching mechanism configured to switch the presence or absence of the filter, and the oscillation support mechanism is arranged at a position overlapping the shake correction drive mechanism when seen from a direction perpendicular to a direction of an optical axis of the optical element, and the filter and the filter switching mechanism are arranged at a subject side of the optical element.

Abstract: To provide a rolling magnetic driving unit that can be employed for both of an optical unit with shake correction function that causes an optical module to swing and rotate and an optical unit with shake correction function that causes the optical module to rotate, a second unit (i.e., a rolling magnetic driving unit) includes: a rotation seat; and a fixation member that supports the rotation seat via a bearing mechanism. The rotation seat and the bearing mechanism configure a rotation-supporting mechanism. The rotation-supporting mechanism supports a holder, which supports the optical module such that the optical module is able to swing, such the holder is able to rotate on the axis. Furthermore, the second unit includes a rolling magnetic driving mechanism, which includes a rolling driving coil that is held by the rotation seat and a rolling driving magnet that is held by the fixation member.

Abstract: In an optical unit with shake correction function, a first stopper mechanism configured to define a swinging range of a movable member is composed of: a first projection part for stopper and a second projection part for stopper, both of which are provided in a camera module; and a projection portion (abutment target) of a holder bottom plate member. Therefore, when the first projection part for stopper and the second projection part for stopper; and the projection portion of the holder bottom plate member abut against each other and then movement in the Z axis direction of the movable member is restricted, the camera module does not move in the Z axis direction any more. Accordingly, the camera module does not slip off from a camera module holder of the movable member.

Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function include a movable body having an optical module and a holder surrounding the optical module, a swing support mechanism swingably supporting the movable body, a fixed body, and a shake correction drive mechanism. The optical module has a protruded part, and the holder has a position restriction part with which the protruded part is abutted. The fixed body includes a case accommodating the holder, and the case includes an outer frame part surrounding the holder and a projecting part projecting to an inner peripheral side from an end part on an image side of the outer frame part. The projecting part has a stopper part overlapping with the holder, and the protruded part and the position restriction part are located on an inner peripheral side with respect to the projecting part when viewed in the optical axis direction.

Abstract: Provided is an optical unit 10 including a movable body 14 provided with a camera module equipped with an image pickup element 50 and an optical element 12a, a fixed body 16, support mechanisms 9 and 20 configured to movably support the movable body 14 with respect to the fixed body 16, and drive units 18A to 18C configured to move the movable body 14 with respect to the fixed body 16. The movable body 14 is supported by the support mechanisms 9 and 20 in a state where the movable body 14 does not contact the fixed body 16 in an optical axis direction, and the optical unit 10 includes a heat dissipation member 11 made of metal and coupled to the image pickup element 50 and the support mechanisms 9 and 20.

Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a movable body having an optical module, a gimbal mechanism structured to swingably support the movable body around a first axial line and a second axial line, a fixed body supporting the movable body through the gimbal mechanism, and a shake correction drive mechanism structured to swing the movable body around the first axial line and around the second axial line. The gimbal mechanism includes a gimbal frame which connects the movable body with the fixed body, the gimbal frame has a first frame portion located on one side in an optical axis direction with respect to a first end part which is an end part on the one side of the fixed body, and the movable body has a movable body protruded portion located on the one side in the optical axis direction with respect to the first end part.

Abstract: An optical unit with a shake correction function may include a movable body having an optical element, a turnable support mechanism structured to turnably support the movable body around an optical axis of the optical element, a fixed body supporting the movable body through the turnable support mechanism, a magnetic rolling drive mechanism structured to turn the movable body, and an angular position return mechanism structured to return the movable body to a reference angular position around the optical axis. The magnetic rolling drive mechanism may include a coil and a magnet facing the coil. The magnet is polarized and magnetized in a circumferential direction. The angular position return mechanism includes a magnetic member attached to the movable body and, when the movable body is located at the reference angular position, an imaginary plane which includes a magnetizing polarized line of the magnet passes a center of the magnetic member.

Abstract: A shake correction optical unit with a shake correction function may cause a movable body including an optical module to swing around an X axis and a Y axis that are perpendicular to an optical axis L. A flexible printed board may include a second folded portion drawn from the movable body in a +Y direction, and bent in a direction of the optical axis L and folded once; and a first folded portion bent to extend from the second folded portion in the +Y direction and folded once. At least one of the second folded portion or the first folded portion may be thus easily bendable when the movable body swings in either direction around the X axis or around the Y axis.