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公开(公告)号:US20250110308A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-03
申请号:US18897517
申请日:2024-09-26
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hiroshi OSADA , Junichiro YOKOTA
IPC: G02B7/02
Abstract: A module drive device that includes: a module holder configured to hold an optical module including a lens body and an imaging device; a connection member connected to the module holder such that the module holder is swingable around a first axis intersecting an optical axis direction; a fixed-side member connected to the connection member such that the connection member is swingable around a second axis perpendicular to an axial direction of the first axis; a driver that moves the module holder with respect to the fixed-side member; a first engagement part provided such that the module holder is swingable around the first axis; and a second engagement part provided such that the connection member is swingable around the second axis.
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公开(公告)号:US20240361670A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-31
申请号:US18768514
申请日:2024-07-10
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor: Touichi OKUNO , Kiyoto SATO , Hiroshi OSADA
CPC classification number: G03B13/36 , F03G7/06143 , G02B27/646 , G03B5/00 , G03B2205/0007 , G03B2205/0076
Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a fixed member including a fixed base; a movable member that is movable relative to the fixed member, the movable member including a lens holder configured to hold a lens body so as to face an imaging element; a first shape memory alloy wire; a second shape memory alloy wire; a first conductive path; a second conductive path; a common conductive path; and a driver configured to be electrically connected to the first conductive path, the second conductive path, and the common conductive path, and supply a current to the first shape memory alloy wire and the second shape memory alloy wire and drive the first shape memory alloy wire and the second shape memory alloy wire.
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公开(公告)号:US20250147266A1
公开(公告)日:2025-05-08
申请号:US18934704
申请日:2024-11-01
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hiroshi OSADA , Changxing WANG
Abstract: A module drive device that includes: a movable-side member that includes a module holder configured to hold an optical module that includes a lens body, a substrate member, and an image sensor that is mounted on an upper surface of the substrate member so as to face the lens body in an optical axis direction; a fixed-side member mounted so as not to be movable relative to a heat dissipation member that dissipates heat generated by the image sensor; a driver that moves the movable-side member with respect to the fixed-side member by utilizing a plurality of shape-memory alloy wires provided between the fixed-side member and the movable-side member; and a biasing unit for biasing the module holder to a side of the heat dissipation member that faces a lower surface of the substrate member.
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公开(公告)号:US20230004065A1
公开(公告)日:2023-01-05
申请号:US17809664
申请日:2022-06-29
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hiroshi OSADA
Abstract: The present invention controls against size increase of an optical module drive device. An optical module drive device has: a first swing member configured to hold an optical module; a second swing member connected to the first swing member such that the first swing member is swingable about a first swing axis that intersects the optical axis direction; a fixed member connected to the second swing member such that the second swing member is swingable about a second swing axis that intersects the optical axis direction and is perpendicular to the axial direction of the first swing axis; and a drive part configured to make the first swing member swing relative to the fixed member such that the optical axis tilts. The drive part includes a plurality of shape memory alloy wires provided between movable members including the first swing member and the second swing member, and the fixed member.
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公开(公告)号:US20250110388A1
公开(公告)日:2025-04-03
申请号:US18896100
申请日:2024-09-25
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor: Changxing WANG , Hiroshi OSADA , Masanobu MAEDA
Abstract: A lens driving apparatus includes a lens holding member configured to hold a lens body, a base member having an opening penetrating in a vertical direction thereof, the opening being at a position corresponding to the lens body, and an actuator configured to move the lens holding member relative to the base member, and a supporting member configured to support the base member, wherein the supporting member includes a base part disposed beneath the base member, and a tubular part protruding upward from an inner edge of the base part and disposed inside the opening, and a foreign matter capturing member having adhesiveness is disposed at a rim of the tubular part.
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公开(公告)号:US20250093613A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-20
申请号:US18970279
申请日:2024-12-05
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hiroshi OSADA , Changxing WANG , Masanobu MAEDA
Abstract: An optical component driving apparatus includes a base member, an optical component holding member, a cover member having a top plate facing the base member in the vertical direction, with the optical component holding member interposed therebetween, the cover member having an upper outer peripheral wall part including upper lateral plates extending downward from an outer edge of the top plate, and shape memory alloy wires, wherein the fixed member includes a case member with an open top configured to house the base member, wherein the case member has a bottom plate arranged at a bottom of the base member and a lower outer peripheral wall part including lower lateral plates extending upward from an outer edge of the bottom plate, and wherein the lower lateral plates are positioned between the shape memory alloy wires and the upper lateral plates constituting the upper outer peripheral wall part.
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公开(公告)号:US20250053024A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-13
申请号:US18791674
申请日:2024-08-01
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hiroshi OSADA , Masanobu MAEDA
Abstract: A lens drive device includes a support, a lens holder that includes a cylinder configured to arrange a lens body in the cylinder, and that is movable with respect to the support in a direction of an optical axis, and a plurality of shape memory alloy wires that are provided between the support and the lens holder, and that are configured to move the lens holder in the direction of the optical axis.
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公开(公告)号:US20240004161A1
公开(公告)日:2024-01-04
申请号:US18449081
申请日:2023-08-14
Applicant: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Inventor: Hiroshi OSADA , Junichiro YOKOTA
CPC classification number: G02B7/1821 , G03B5/00 , H02K33/14
Abstract: A reflector driving device includes: a reflector-retaining member configured to retain a reflector that refracts light; a first support member configured to support the reflector-retaining member so as to be swingable about a first axis; a second support member configured to support the first support member so as to be swingable about a second axis having an axis-line direction perpendicular to an axis-line direction of the first axis; a first driving mechanism configured to swing the reflector-retaining member about the first axis; a second driving mechanism configured to swing the first support member about the second axis; a first biasing member configured to bias the reflector-retaining member toward the first support member; and a second biasing member configured to bias the first support member toward the second support member.
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