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| 20090251806 | LENS ACTUATOR - A lens actuator for driving a lens to move includes a lens barrel for accommodating the lens, a coil warped around the lens barrel, a fixed barrel, the lens barrel being received in and linearly movable relative to the fixed barrel, a plate shaped body including a through hole defined in a center thereof and a peripheral portion around the through hole, the flat spring plate's peripheral portion being fixed to one end of the fixed barrel. The fixed barrel is comprised of a permanent magnetic material. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090251807 | LENS MODULE - A lens module includes a motor and a lens. The motor includes an outer frame, magnetic components, an inner frame, and a coil. The outer frame has sides and defines a passage surrounded by the sides. A recess is defined in each side. The recess has a ledge and sidewalls adjacent to the ledge. Cutouts are defined in each sidewall. Each magnetic component is positioned in a corresponding recess and contacts the ledge. The inner frame is positioned in the passage. The coil surrounds the inner frame. The lens is enclosed in the inner frame. An adhesive material member is positioned in each cutout. | 10-08-2009 |
| 20090262438 | VOICE COIL MOTOR ACTUATOR - A voice coil motor (VCM) actuator includes a fixed bracket, a lens barrel, two flat spring plates, a support plate, a plurality of positioning pins, a plurality of coils, and a plurality of magnets. The fixed bracket includes a first chamber and a plurality of magnet mounting holes. A lens barrel is positioned in the first chamber. The flat spring plates and the support plate include a plurality of first locating holes and second locating holes. Two resilient heads are formed on two ends of each positioning pin. Each positioning pin interconnects between respective first locating holes of the flat spring plates and respective second locating holes of the support plate. A plurality of coils are wrapped around an outer wall of the lens barrel. A plurality of magnets is received in the magnet mounting holes. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090262440 | LENS ACTUATOR - A lens actuator includes a lens barrel for accommodating the lens, a coil wrapped around the lens barrel, a plurality of magnets, a bracket, and a resilient plate. The bracket is configured for mounting the magnets thereon and accommodating the lens barrel therein. The resilient plate is connected between the bracket and the lens barrel to hold the lens barrel on the bracket. The bracket includes two ring shaped members parallel to each other, a plurality of supporting rods, and a plurality of magnet mounting holes. The supporting rods are interconnected between the two ring-shaped members. Each two neighboring supporting rods have one of the magnets mounted therebetween. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20090278418 | BOBBIN FOR STATOR OF MOTOR - A bobbin includes a bobbin body, two top sidewalls, two bottom sidewalls, four top tabs and four bottom tabs. The bobbin body includes a top surface formed at one end of the bobbin body, a bottom surface formed at an opposite end of the bobbin body and a side surface located between the top surface and the bottom surface. The top sidewalls extend radially outward from the top surface of the bobbin body. The bottom sidewalls extend radially outward from the bottom surface of the bobbin body. The bottom sidewalls are staggered so that there is no overlap area between the top sidewall and the bottom sidewall along an axial direction of the bobbin body. Four top tabs extend away from the top surface at a position where there is no top sidewall. Four bottom tabs extend away from the bottom at a position where there is no bottom sidewall. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090288315 | SHOE - An exemplary shoe includes a upper, a sole, an LED (light-emitting diode) and a power supply device. The upper is disposed on the sole. The sole includes a receiving space. The LED is installed on an outside surface of the sole. The power supply module is for providing electric power to the light emitting diode. The power supply module further includes a piezoelectric member coupled to the sole and a electric power storing device. The piezoelectric member is disposed between the upper and the sole. The electric power storing device is received in the receiving space of the sole and electrically coupled between the piezoelectric member and the light emitting diode. | 11-26-2009 |
| 20090313815 | ELEMENT MOUNTING APPARATUS - An element mounting apparatus includes a movable arm, an electromagnet, a first controller and a glue dispenser. The glue dispenser includes a plate body and a second controller. The plate body includes an inner space containing glue, a through hole defined therein, and a plurality of spaced glue outlets formed in the first surface and communicating with the inner space. The second end of the electromagnet engages the through hole to attract the magnetic element on the first surface of the plate body with the glue outlets surrounding, and repelling the magnetic element to the retainer. The second controller ejects glue out of the inner space of the plate body via the glue outlets, thereby adhesively mounting the magnetic element to the retainer. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100020422 | RESILIENT PLATE AND LENS ACTUATOR USING SAME - A resilient plate includes a body, a through hole defined in the center of the body, a plurality of slots defined in the body. A plurality of glue-holes is defined in the periphery portion of the body, and the glue-holes are configured for receiving an amount of an adhesive. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20100046099 | LENS ACTUATOR - An exemplary lens actuator includes a lens barrel, a coil wrapped around the lens barrel, a plurality of magnets, a bracket, and a first resilient plate. The lens barrel includes a main body and a plurality of first positioning pins protruding out from the main body. The first resilient plate includes an outer frame, an inner frame substantially coaxial with the outer frame, and a plurality of spring portions interconnected between the outer frame and the inner frame. A fixed panel is mounted on the first side of the bracket. The outer frame of the first resilient plate is fixed on one portion of the fixed panel. The inner frame of the first resilient plate is fixed on the lens barrel. The first positioning pins extend through the inner frame of the first resilient plate and resist on another portion of the fixed panel. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100117460 | VOICE COIL MOTOR WITH GUIDING POSTS AND STOPPING BARS - An exemplary voice coil motor includes a hollow stationary magnetic field generator, a movable magnetic field generator, two elastic members, a hollow case and a base. The movable magnetic field generator is received in the stationary magnetic field generator. The two elastic members are adjacent to two ends of the stationary magnetic field generator. The case and the base serve as a package for all of the above elements. The case has a top sheet. The movable magnetic field generator has guiding posts slidably received in the top sheet, and stopping bars. The stopping bars of the movable magnetic field generator are capable of limiting the movement of the movable magnetic field generator toward the top sheet by abutting the top sheet. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100123960 | VOICE COIL MOTOR HAVING HOLES AND SOCKETS FOR RECEIVING POSITIONING MEMBERS - An exemplary voice coil motor includes a housing and a movable unit. A top panel of the housing has two positioning through holes. The movable unit includes a barrel holder, and a coil wrapped around the barrel holder. The barrel holder has two positioning sockets corresponding to the two positioning through holes. Each of two positioning members is fittingly received through one positioning hole and in the corresponding positioning socket, such that the barrel holder is fixed relative to the housing while the positioning members are engaged in the positioning through holes and the positioning sockets. | 05-20-2010 |
| 20100133923 | FLAT SPRING PLATE FOR VOICE COIL MOTOR - An exemplary flat spring plate for a voice coil motor includes a first plate body, a second plate body, and a disposal body. The disposal body includes a connecting member, and a handle extending from the connecting member. The connecting member is configured for connecting the first plate body to the second plate body. The handle is configured for facilitating removal of the connecting member from the first and second plate bodies. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20100142065 | LENS ACTUATOR - An exemplary lens actuator includes a movable unit, and a fixed unit. The movable unit includes a hollow body, and a plurality of first guiding members formed on the hollow body. The fixed unit includes a hollow cubic main body, and a plate body disposed on the top end of the hollow cubic main body. The hollow cubic main body and the plate body cooperatively define a receiving cavity for receiving the movable unit therein. The plate body faces the movable unit, and includes a through hole defined in the center of the plate body for allowing light to pass therethrough, and a plurality of second guiding members formed on the plate body. The second guiding members are coupled to the respective first guiding members for constraining the movable unit to move along the central axis of the through hole. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100149666 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a barrel unit, an image sensing unit, and a voice coil motor. The image sensing unit has an image sensing surface. The barrel unit defines an optical axis. A first projection boundary is formed on the projection plane by projecting a boundary of the image sensing surface along the optical axis. A second projection boundary is formed on the projection plane by projecting a boundary of the receiving space of the movable part along the optical axis. The voice coil motor includes a hollow fixed part, a movable part, and a base. The base includes a shielding part and a through hole defined in the shielding part. A third projection boundary is formed on the projection plane by projecting a boundary of the through hole of the shielding part along the optical axis. The third projection boundary lies between the first and the second boundaries. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100270870 | VOICE COIL MOTOR WITH ROTATION STOPPING MEANS - A voice coil motor includes a stationary magnetic field generator a moveable magnetic field generator, and an elastic assembly. The stationary magnetic field generator includes a supporting frame and permanent magnetic elements mounted to peripheral sides of the supporting frame. The supporting frame has a first receiving space defined therein and includes first stopping portions formed in the first receiving space. The moveable magnetic field generator is moveably received in the first receiving space, and includes a core member and a coil wrapped around the core member. The core member includes second stopping portions. The second stopping portions are configured for engaging with the at least one first stopping portion to prevent the moveable magnetic field generator from rotating about a central axis of the core member. The elastic assembly elastically connects the moveable magnetic field generator and the stationary magnetic field generator. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100277008 | SHELL FOR HOUSING VOICE COIL MOTOR AND VOICE COIL MOTOR MODULE - A shell for housing a voice coil motor (VCM) includes a casing and a cover. The casing defines a rectangular opening and two opening respectively in two opposite edges of the rectangular opening. The casing extends a pair of stripping strips into each opening and towards each other. The cover correspondingly defines two grooves. The cover covers the rectangular opening and each pair of gripping strip is bent into a corresponding groove to grip the cover. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20110012439 | VOICE COIL MOTOR ASSEMBLY - A voice coil motor assembly includes a housing, a voice coil motor, a cover, and a transparent board. The voice coil motor is received in the housing. The cover is secured to the voice coil motor and resists the top surface of the housing. The cover includes a top surface defining an aperture. A limiting element protrudes from the top surface of the cover. The transparent board is adhered to the top surface of the cover and covers the aperture. The movement of the transparent board is limited by the limiting element. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110075281 | AUTOFOCUS LENS MODULE - An autofocus lens module includes a holder defining a space, a barrel positioned in the space of the holder, a first post extended from an outer surface of the barrel, a first spring connecting adjacent ends of the barrel and the holder such that the barrel is maintained in the holder, and a first piezoelectric actuator. The first piezoelectric actuator is fixed on an internal surface of the holder and capable of deforming along a central axis of the holder. The first piezoelectric actuator is coupled with the first post so as to move the barrel along the central axis of the holder. | 03-31-2011 |
