Voice coil motor
AssigneesTriple Win Technology(Shenzhen) Co.Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsLONG-FEI ZHANG, SHIN-WEN CHEN, YU-SHUAI LI, KUN LI
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Abstract
A voice coil motor includes a base, a housing, a lower-resilient member, a lens frame, a coil, a magnet, an upper-resilient member, an upper cover plate, and a pin arranged on the base. The lower-resilient member, the lens frame, the coil, the magnet, the upper-resilient member, and the upper cover plate are arranged in sequence between the base and the housing. The lens frame and the coil are integrally formed. The coil surrounds an outer surface of the lens frame.
Claims10
A voice coil motor comprising:
- a base;
- a housing;
- a lower-resilient member;
- a lens frame;
- a coil;
- a magnet;
- an upper-resilient member;
- an upper cover plate;
- and
- a pin arranged on the base;
- wherein:
- the lower-resilient member, the lens frame, the coil, the magnet, the upper-resilient member, and the upper cover plate are arranged in sequence between the base and the housing;
- the lens frame and the coil are integrally formed;
- and
- the coil surrounds an outer surface of the lens frame.
A method of making a voice coil motor, the method comprising:
- providing a coil;
- placing the coil within an injection mold of a lens frame and forming the lens frame in the injection mold;
- placing four first strengthening pieces and four second strengthening pieces within an injection mold of a base and forming the base in the injection mold;
- placing two pins within the base;
- and
- stacking on top of each other in sequence the base, a lower-resilient member, the lens frame, a magnet, an upper-resilient member, and an upper cover plate, and then attaching a housing onto the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.