Auto-focusing camera
AssigneesFu Zhun Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorsCheng-Fang Hsiao, Bing Zhou, Ching-Hsing Huang, Chien-Long Hong, Jen-Hung Chung
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An auto focusing camera includes a lens unit (2) including a barrel (20) and a lens (22) received in the barrel, a permanent magnet (3) being fixedly mounted around the barrel of the lens unit and moving with the lens unit when the lens unit undergoes telescopic movement during operation, and a coil seat (6a, 6b) with a coil (5a, 5b) wound thereon arranged at a side of the permanent magnet. An interlocking device (642, 202) is formed on the barrel and the coil seat for guiding the telescopic movement of the lens unit.
Claims11
An auto-focus camera comprising:
- a lens unit including a barrel and a lens received in the barrel;
- a permanent magnet being fixedly mounted around the barrel of the lens unit, and moving with the lens unit when the lens unit is in telescopic movement during operation;
- a coil seat with a coil wound thereon arranged at a side of the permanent magnet;
- another coil seat with another coil wound thereon arranged at an opposite side of the permanent magnet;
- and
- an interlocking device formed between the barrel and the coil seat for guiding telescopic movement of the lens unit;
- wherein the interlocking device comprises at least one groove defined in one of the barrel and the coil seat, and at least one block formed on the other one of the barrel and the coil seat engaging into the at least one groove;
- and
- wherein each of the coil seats comprises a basewall, a ring-shaped flange extending perpendicularly from an inner circumference of the basewall and a plurality of mounting pins extending perpendicularly from the basewall, the coils respectively wound on the flanges, ends of the coils wound on the mounting pins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.