CN211180363U

CN211180363U - SMA actuation part, camera module, and electronic apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN211180363U
Application number: CN201922360709.3U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 刘述伦; 计树标; 蔡日新
Original assignee: Dongguan Yadeng Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Henan Haoze Electronics Co ltd Kunshan Branch
Priority date: 2019-12-24
Filing date: 2019-12-24
Publication date: 2020-08-04
Anticipated expiration: 2029-12-24

Abstract

The utility model discloses a SMA actuates part, camera module and electronic equipment. An SMA actuation member comprising: the SMA wire can be electrified and contracted; one end of the connecting rod is connected with the SMA wire; one end of the connecting rod is elastically connected with the supporting part; the first elastic arm is arranged between the connecting rod and the supporting part and can be elastically bent; one end of the connecting rod is hinged with the driven part, the SMA wire can drive the connecting rod to swing relative to the supporting part through contraction, and the connecting rod can drive the driven part to move; at least at the position of the hinged end of the connecting rod, the width of the connecting rod is larger than the thickness of the connecting rod, and the middle part of the connecting rod is twisted by 90 degrees to hinge the side corresponding to the width of the connecting rod with the driven piece. Has the advantages that: the device can realize larger stroke of the driven piece under the condition that the SMA actuating part has smaller volume, is beneficial to the miniaturization of the SMA actuating part, and can effectively reduce the abrasion. The utility model relates to an electron field.

Description

SMA actuation part, camera module, and electronic apparatus

Technical Field

The utility model relates to the field of electronics, in particular to SMA actuates part, camera module and electronic equipment.

Background

Actuating devices (actuating devices) are drive mechanisms that are commonly used in the electronics field and can be used to drive cameras. SMA refers to shape memory alloy (shape memory alloy) which is a driving element in an actuating member. SMA is a material composed of two or more metal elements having a Shape Memory Effect (SME) by thermoelastic and martensitic transformation and inversion thereof. SMA can be deformed at a lower temperature and can restore the shape before deformation after being electrified and heated, thereby realizing electrically-controlled contraction.

Camera modules provided with SMA actuation components typically also include a lens assembly with a plurality of lenses to enable imaging functionality. The SMA actuation components need to drive the lens assembly from various different directions to effect adjustment of the position and orientation of the lens assembly.

In the prior art, the SMA actuating part has the technical defects that: the driving stroke of the driven part is usually not larger than the contraction amount of the SMA wire, and the driving stroke of the driven part can be larger only by increasing the whole scale of the SMA actuating part, which is not beneficial to the miniaturization of the SMA actuating part; also, the friction between the driven member and the actuating portion of the SMA actuating member is high, resulting in severe wear.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

An object of the utility model is to solve one of the technical problem that exists among the prior art at least, provide a drive stroke great and can effectively improve SMA actuation part, camera module and electronic equipment of wearing and tearing problem.

The technical scheme adopted for solving the technical problems is as follows:

An SMA actuation member comprising: an SMA wire that is electrically contractible; one end of the connecting rod is connected with the SMA wire; one end of the connecting rod is elastically connected with the supporting part; the first elastic arm is arranged between the connecting rod and the supporting part and can be elastically bent; one end of the connecting rod is hinged with the driven part, the SMA wire can drive the connecting rod to swing relative to the supporting part through contraction, and the connecting rod can drive the driven part to move; the width of the connecting rod is larger than the thickness of the connecting rod at least at the position of the hinged end of the connecting rod, and the middle part of the connecting rod is twisted by 90 degrees to hinge the side corresponding to the width of the connecting rod with the driven part.

The SMA actuating part has at least the following beneficial effects:

The first elastic arm enables the connecting rod to elastically swing relative to the supporting part, so that the displacement of the driven part can be larger than the contraction of the SMA wire, and a larger stroke of the driven part can be realized under the condition that the SMA actuating part is small in size, and the miniaturization of the SMA actuating part is facilitated. Moreover, the middle part of the connecting rod is twisted by 90 degrees, so that the side surface with larger area corresponding to the width can be the hinge joint surface of the connecting rod and the driven part, and the degree of abrasion between the connecting rod and the driven part can be effectively reduced.

In a possible embodiment of the present invention, the connecting rod is formed with a widened boss protruding in the direction of the axis of rotation of the connecting rod on one side thereof, so as to further increase the contact area between the connecting rod and the driven member, thereby further reducing the wear.

In a possible embodiment of the present invention, the bending of the hinge end of the connecting rod forms an arc-shaped hinge hook or hinge ring so as to form a hinge mechanism with the driven member.

In a possible embodiment of the present invention, the supporting portion, the first elastic arm and the connecting rod are integrally formed by punching, twisting and bending the conductive plate. The support portion, the first elastic arm and the connecting rod are integrally formed, so that the manufacturing difficulty and cost of the SMA actuating component are reduced, the support portion, the first elastic arm and the connecting rod can be made of the SMA wire to be conductive by the conductive plate, and the overall circuit structure of the SMA actuating component is simplified.

In a possible embodiment of the invention, the number of support portions, first resilient arms and connecting rods is two and symmetrical. The symmetrical arrangement of the supporting part, the first elastic arm and the connecting rod can enhance the movement stability of the driven piece.

A camera module comprising an SMA actuation component.

In a possible embodiment of the present invention, the camera module further includes a lens assembly and a base body, the lens assembly includes a lens holder body, the driven member is a lens holder body, the supporting portion is fixedly connected to the base body, the lens holder body is movably connected to the base body, and the SMA actuating member can drive the lens holder body to move relative to the base body. The lens can be installed on the lens frame body so as to realize the imaging function, and the SMA actuating part can drive the lens frame body to move so as to realize focusing or anti-shaking.

In a possible embodiment of the invention, the SMA actuation parts comprise at least one first SMA actuation part and at least one second SMA actuation part, the SMA wires of the first SMA actuation part being arranged between the connecting rod and the base body, the connecting rod of the second SMA actuation part being arranged between the SMA wires and the base body. The relative positions of the connecting rod, the SMA wire and the base body in the first SMA actuating part and the second SMA actuating part are different, so that the lens frame body can be driven in opposite directions, the lens frame body can be driven to move in more directions, and the camera module can be expanded in focusing and anti-shaking functions.

The utility model discloses an in a possible embodiment, the camera lens subassembly still includes the spring, spring and mirror holder body fixed connection are equipped with a plurality of second elastic arms respectively around the spring, the one end and the base body coupling of second elastic arm, and the second elastic arm makes spring support mirror holder body and makes the mirror holder body base body movable relatively.

An electronic device includes an SMA actuation member.

An electronic device includes a camera module.

Drawings

The above and/or additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent and readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:

Fig. 1 is an exploded view of a camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a schematic structural view of an SMA actuation assembly according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural view of a first SMA actuation component according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic structural view of a second SMA actuation component according to an embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a connection structure of the lens assembly, the base and the SMA actuation member according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a schematic structural view of a frame body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numerals:

The SMA actuating part 100 comprises an SMA wire 101, a first elastic arm 103, a supporting part 104, a connecting rod 120, a widening boss 121 and a hinge hook 122;

A lens assembly 200; a first spring 202, a second spring 203, a second elastic arm 204, a mirror frame body 210 and a hinge column 211;

A base body 300 and a connecting column 301;

A cover 400, a central aperture 401;

A substrate 500.

Detailed Description

This section will describe in detail the embodiments of the present invention, preferred embodiments of the present invention are shown in the attached drawings, which are used to supplement the description of the text part of the specification with figures, so that one can intuitively and vividly understand each technical feature and the whole technical solution of the present invention, but they cannot be understood as the limitation of the protection scope of the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the orientation or positional relationship indicated with respect to the orientation description, such as up, down, front, rear, left, right, etc., is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is only for convenience of description and simplification of description, and does not indicate or imply that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and thus, should not be construed as limiting the present invention.

In the description of the present invention, a plurality of means are one or more, a plurality of means are two or more, and the terms greater than, less than, exceeding, etc. are understood as not including the number, and the terms greater than, less than, within, etc. are understood as including the number. If the first and second are described for the purpose of distinguishing technical features, they are not to be understood as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated or implicitly indicating the precedence of the technical features indicated.

In the description of the present invention, unless there is an explicit limitation, the words such as setting, installation, connection, etc. should be understood in a broad sense, and those skilled in the art can reasonably determine the specific meanings of the above words in combination with the specific contents of the technical solution.

Referring to fig. 1 to 6, a camera module includes an SMA actuation component 100.

An SMA actuation component 100 comprising: an SMA wire 101, the SMA wire 101 being electrically retractable; a connecting rod 120, one end of the connecting rod 120 is connected with the SMA wire 101; a support part 104, one end of the link 120 being elastically connected to the support part 104; a first elastic arm 103, wherein the first elastic arm 103 is arranged between the connecting rod 120 and the supporting part 104, and the first elastic arm 103 can be elastically bent; one end of the connecting rod 120 is hinged with the driven member, the SMA wire 101 can drive the connecting rod 120 to swing relative to the supporting part 104 through contraction, and the connecting rod 120 can drive the driven member to move; at least at the position of the hinged end of the connecting rod 120, the width of the connecting rod 120 is larger than the thickness thereof, and the middle part of the connecting rod 120 is twisted by 90 degrees to hinge the side corresponding to the width of the connecting rod 120 with the driven member.

The SMA actuation component 100 described above has at least the following beneficial effects:

The first elastic arm 103 allows the link 120 to elastically swing with respect to the support 104. The included angle between the SMA wire 101 and the connecting rod 120 is larger than zero, so that the displacement of the driven piece can be larger than the contraction of the SMA wire 101, and a larger stroke of the driven piece can be realized under the condition that the SMA actuating component 100 has a smaller volume, which is beneficial to the miniaturization of the SMA actuating component 100. Moreover, the middle part of the connecting rod 120 is turned by 90 degrees, so that the side surface with larger area corresponding to the width can be the hinge joint surface of the connecting rod 120 and the driven part, and the degree of abrasion between the connecting rod 120 and the driven part 103 can be effectively reduced.

With respect to the support 104, the support 104 is fixed to the base body 300, and the link 120 and the frame body 210 are movable relative to the support 104.

As for the SMA wire 101, the SMA wire 101 is a shape memory alloy wire that can achieve length contraction before and after energization.

Regarding the first elastic arm 103, the first elastic arm 103 is made of an elastic material, and can be bent when the SMA wire 101 is contracted. The first elastic arm 103 is in a bar shape, one end of the first elastic arm 103 is connected to the supporting portion 104, and the other end is connected to the link 120.

Regarding the link 120, the link 120 is a rod having a certain rigidity, and can support the driven member to displace. And, the cross section of the middle portion of the link 120 is square.

In this embodiment, a widened boss 121 protruding in the direction of the rotation axis of the hinge end is formed at one side of the hinge end of the link 120 to further increase the contact area between the hinge end of the link 120 and the driven member, thereby further reducing wear. And in order to facilitate the formation of the hinge mechanism with the driven member, the hinge end of the link 120 is bent to form an arc-shaped hinge hook 122.

Regarding the driven element, the driven element is the lens frame 210, the lens frame 210 is provided with a protruding hinge column 211, and the hinge hook 105 is sleeved on the hinge column 211, so as to realize the rotational connection between the link 120 and the lens frame 210. Of course, in other embodiments, the link 120 may be curved to form a ring-shaped hinge loop.

In this embodiment, the supporting portion 104, the first elastic arm 103 and the connecting rod 120 are integrally formed by punching, twisting and bending a conductive plate. The support portion 104, the first elastic arm 103 and the connecting rod 120 are integrally formed, so that the manufacturing difficulty and cost of the SMA actuation component 100 are reduced, and the conductive plate material enables the support portion 104, the first elastic arm 103 and the connecting rod 120 to be conductive to the SMA wire 101, so that the overall circuit structure of the SMA actuation component 100 is simplified. The thickness of the conductive plate is the thickness of the connecting rod 120. During molding, a sheet material having the supporting portion 104, the first elastic arm 103 and the connecting rod 120 is first punched from a conductive plate, and then the middle portion of the connecting rod 120 is twisted by 90 degrees, and the hinged end of the connecting rod 120 is bent to form the arc-shaped hinge hook 122.

In the present embodiment, a metal plate is preferably used as the conductive plate, so that the support portion 104, the first elastic arm 103 and the link 120 have both good elasticity and strength and conductivity.

In the present embodiment, the number of the support portions 104, the first elastic arms 103, and the links 120 is two and symmetrically arranged. The symmetrical arrangement of the support portion 104, the first resilient arm 103 and the link 120 enhances the stability of the movement of the driven member.

With respect to the SMA wire 101, both ends of the SMA wire 101 are respectively connected to one ends of two links 120, so that the two symmetrically arranged links 120 can be simultaneously driven when the SMA wire 101 is contracted.

In this embodiment, the camera module further includes a lens assembly 200 and a base body 300, the lens assembly 200 includes a lens frame body 210, the driven member is a lens frame body 210, the supporting portion 104 is fixedly connected with the base body 300, the lens frame body 210 is movably connected with the base body 300, and the SMA actuating component 100 can drive the lens frame body 210 to move relative to the base body 300. The lens body 210 may be mounted with a lens to perform an imaging function, and the SMA actuating member 100 may drive the lens body 210 to move to perform focusing or anti-shake.

In this embodiment, the SMA actuation members 100 comprise at least one first SMA actuation member, the SMA wire 101 of which is arranged between the connecting rod 120 and the base body 300, and at least one second SMA actuation member, the connecting rod 120 of which is arranged between the SMA wire 101 and the base body 300. The relative positions of the connecting rod 120, the SMA wire 101 and the base body 300 in the first SMA actuation member and the second SMA actuation member are different, so that the lens frame body 210 can be driven in opposite directions, and the lens frame body 210 can be driven to move in more directions, which is beneficial to expanding the focusing and anti-shake functions of the camera module.

With respect to the camera module, the first SMA actuation members are two in number and symmetrically arranged with respect to the housing body 210, and the second SMA actuation members are two in number and symmetrically arranged with respect to the housing body 210. The two first SMA actuation members and the two second SMA actuation members are respectively symmetrically arranged about the mirror frame body 210, and by respectively detecting or controlling each SMA actuation member 100, the detection or control of the inclination angle and displacement of the mirror frame body 210 can be realized, which is beneficial to further expanding the functions of the camera module.

With respect to the SMA actuation members 100, each SMA actuation member 100 surrounds a frame body 210.

With respect to the first and second SMA actuation members, the difference between the two is contrastable from fig. 3 and fig. 4 and 5. When the SMA wire 101 contracts, the link 120 of the first SMA actuation member swings away from the base body 300, driving the mirror housing body 210 away from the base body 300. When the SMA wire 101 contracts, the link 120 of the second SMA actuation member swings in a direction to approach the base body 300, thereby driving the mirror holder body 210 close to the base body 300.

In this embodiment, the lens assembly 200 further includes a spring fixedly connected to the frame body 210, a plurality of second elastic arms 204 are respectively disposed around the spring, one end of each second elastic arm 204 is connected to the base body 300, and the second elastic arms 204 enable the spring to support the frame body 210 and enable the frame body 210 to move relative to the base body 300.

The springs include a first spring 202 and a second spring 203, and the first spring 202 and the second spring 203 are respectively bonded and fixed to both surfaces of the lens holder 210. Of course, according to practical situations, in other embodiments, the number of the springs is not limited to two, and may be one or more.

Regarding the first spring 202 and the second spring 203, the first spring 202 and the second elastic arm 204 are formed as an integrally molded metal piece, and the second spring 203 and the second elastic arm 204 are formed as an integrally molded metal piece. The second resilient arm 204 allows the frame body 210 to be resiliently suspended from the base body 300 to facilitate driving of the frame body 210 over the various SMA actuation components 100. The first spring 202 and the second spring 203 constitute a suspension system of the lens assembly 200. The first spring 202 and the second spring 203 herein do not refer to a coil spring, a spiral spring, or a plate spring, which are common in the mechanical field, but are shaped springs exclusively for suspending the lens assembly 200. The first spring 202 and the second spring 203 are thin plates and respectively fit with the lens frame from two sides of the lens assembly 200.

Regarding the camera module, the camera module further includes a cover 400 and a substrate 500, the cover 400 is covered above the substrate 500, and an accommodating cavity is formed between the cover 400 and the substrate 500, the base body 300, the adjusting assembly 200, and the SMA actuating member 100 are all disposed inside the accommodating cavity, and a central hole 401 is disposed at the center of the top of the cover 400 corresponding to the position of the frame body 210.

Regarding the base body 300, four corners of the base body 300 are each provided with four connection columns 301 extending to one side of the adjustment assembly 200, one end of the second elastic arm 204 of the first spring 202 is connected to the top of the connection column 301, the support portions 104 in the SMA actuation members 100 are each connected to the connection column 301, and the four SMA actuation members 100 correspond to four sides of the base body 300, respectively.

The SMA actuation component 100 and the camera module in the present solution may be used in an electronic device.

Claims

An SMA actuation component, comprising:

An SMA wire that is electrically contractible;

One end of the connecting rod is connected with the SMA wire;

One end of the connecting rod is elastically connected with the supporting part;

The first elastic arm is arranged between the connecting rod and the supporting part and can be elastically bent;

One end of the connecting rod is hinged with the driven part, the SMA wire can drive the connecting rod to swing relative to the supporting part through contraction, and the connecting rod can drive the driven part to move; the width of the connecting rod is larger than the thickness of the connecting rod at least at the position of the hinged end of the connecting rod, and the middle part of the connecting rod is twisted by 90 degrees to hinge the side corresponding to the width of the connecting rod with the driven part.
2. The SMA actuation component of claim 1, wherein: and one side of the hinged end of the connecting rod is provided with a widened boss protruding along the direction of the rotating axis of the hinged end.
3. The SMA actuation component of claim 1, wherein: the hinged end of the connecting rod is bent to form an arc-shaped hinged hook or hinged ring.
4. An SMA actuation component according to claim 3, wherein: the support portion, the first elastic arm and the connecting rod are integrally formed after punching, twisting and bending of a conductive plate.
5. An SMA actuation member according to any one of claims 1-4, wherein: the number of the supporting parts, the first elastic arms and the connecting rods is two and the two connecting rods are symmetrically arranged.
6. A camera module characterized by: comprising an SMA actuation member of any one of claims 1 through 5.
7. The camera module of claim 6, wherein: still include the camera lens subassembly and the base body, the camera lens subassembly includes the mirror holder body, it does by the driving piece the mirror holder body, the supporting part with base body fixed connection, the mirror holder body with movably between the base body is connected, SMA actuating member can drive the mirror holder body is relative the motion of base body.
8. The camera module of claim 7, wherein: the SMA actuation components comprise at least one first SMA actuation component and/or at least one second SMA actuation component, the first SMA actuation component and the second SMA actuation component being operable to drive the driven member in opposite directions.
9. The camera module of claim 7, wherein: the lens subassembly still includes the spring, the spring with mirror holder body fixed connection, be equipped with a plurality of second elastic arms around the spring respectively, the one end of second elastic arm with base body coupling, the second elastic arm makes the spring with support the mirror holder body makes the mirror holder body can be relative the base body is movable.
10. An electronic device, characterized in that: comprising an SMA actuation component according to any one of claims 1 to 4 or a camera module according to any one of claims 5 to 8.