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<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a lens drive unit of simple structure with a small number of part items. Ž<P>SOLUTION: A housing (30) of the lens drive unit (20) has a substantially rectangular parallelopiped, and includes a principal axis (38) extended along an optical axis (O) direction in the first corner out of four corners of the housing in an inside of the housing. A lens holder (422) has, on its side face, a principal axis receiver (4222) attached movably onto the principal axis (38). A coil spring is constituted of a front coil spring (442) and a rear coil spring (444) attached respectively to a front side and rear side of the principal axis (38), with the principal axis receiver (4222) therebetween. At least one of the front coil spring (442) and the rear coil spring (444) includes a shape memory alloy spring formed of a shape memory alloy. Ž<P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT Ž
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