Lens Drive Housing Capillary Gap Design

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Solution Overview

Problem

The existing lens driving devices face challenges in efficiently bonding the cover and base components, leading to slow penetration of adhesive agents, which affects the assembly time and reliability of the lens driving mechanism.

Innovation Solution

A case design with a plate-shaped base and a cover featuring a bottom plate and side plate with an opening portion, where the adhesive agent is applied between the wall portion and side plate, allowing for capillary action to facilitate rapid penetration to the end portions of the gap between the cover and base, with features such as angled surfaces and stepped heights to enhance adhesion.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Strength

If adhesive agent is applied between cover and base for bonding, then bonding strength is improved, but penetration time is excessive

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebonding strengthVSAvoidpenetration time
Core Design Contradiction:
StrengthVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The gap between the cover and base is designed to function as a capillary structure, utilizing capillary action to rapidly draw the adhesive agent from the application location to the end portions of the gap. This capillary structure enables quick and uniform penetration of the adhesive agent throughout the bonding interface, significantly reducing penetration time while ensuring adequate bonding strength.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #31Porous materials

Solution Approach 2:

The invention optimizes the dimensions and geometry of the gap between the cover and base to enhance capillary action. By carefully controlling the gap width, length, and cross-sectional area variations along the gap, the adhesive agent is guided to penetrate rapidly and uniformly to all portions of the bonding interface, resolving the contradiction between penetration speed and bonding quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If adhesive agent penetrates to end portions of gap, then bonding reliability is improved, but penetration speed is slow

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebonding reliabilityVSAvoidpenetration speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The gap structure is designed as a capillary channel that leverages surface tension and adhesive forces between the adhesive agent and the gap walls to drive rapid penetration. This capillary action ensures the adhesive agent reaches all end portions of the gap quickly and uniformly, achieving both high penetration speed and complete coverage for reliable bonding.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #31Porous materials

Solution Approach 2:

The invention varies the cross-sectional area of the gap along its length, creating a gradient structure that accelerates adhesive agent flow toward the end portions. By strategically designing the gap geometry in different dimensions, the adhesive agent is directed to penetrate rapidly and uniformly throughout the entire bonding interface, simultaneously improving speed and reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This solution enables the adhesive agent to penetrate quickly and uniformly to the end portions of the gap, reducing assembly time and improving the bonding strength between the cover and base, thereby enhancing the reliability and efficiency of the lens driving device.

Implementation Method 1

an adhesive agent for bonding the base and the cover is provided in a gap between the wall portion and the side plate; a cross-sectional area with a cross-section that is perpendicular to at least one direction of the gap of the wall portion and the side plate faces at least one direction in a direction that faces a length-direction end portion of the wall portion from the wall portion that is exposed from the opening portion

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectCapillary action: Capillary Action

Data Source

PatentUS11036027B2Housing, lens drive device provided with same, imaging device, electronic apparatus, and housing production method
Publication Date: 2021.06.15 COPAL CO LTD
  • US11036027B2 patent drawing
  • US11036027B2 patent drawing
  • US11036027B2 patent drawing

AI summary

The housing includes a plate-shaped base; and a cover provided with a bottom plate and a side plate, and covers a main surface of the base. The base has in the main surface, a wall part which extends along the peripheral edge of the main surface, and faces the side plate of the cover. The side plate having an opening exposing a portion of the wall part. An adhesive bonding the base and the cover together is provided in a gap between the wall part and the side plate. The cross-sectional area of the gap in a cross section orthogonal to at least one direction from the direction from the wall part exposed from the opening, to either end of the wall part in the length direction, and the direction from the height-direction end of the wall part exposed from the opening, to the main surface of the base, decreases in said at least one direction.