IP Library Granted Patent US 10,225,475
Granted Patent B2
US 10,225,475 · App. 15/853,997 · Granted Mar 5, 2019

Magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor and its method of manufacturing

Inventors: Lin Chi Mak (Guangdong, CN); Wai Kwong Lo (Guangdong, CN); Yu Hui Peng (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: AP PHOTONICES (SHENZHEN) LIMITED
H04N5/2328G02B27/646G03B5/00G03B13/36H02K33/18H04N5/2252H04N5/2253H04N5/23287
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Patent No.
US 10,225,475
App. No.
15/853,997
Granted
Mar 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor and a method of manufacturing same. The motor includes a housing, multiple pairs of magnets, a lens carrier, a conductive spring plate and multiple coils. The magnet is fixed on an inner wall of the housing, the coil is mounted on an outer wall of the lens carrier, and the coil is disposed opposite to the magnet. The conductive spring plate is mechanically fixedly connected to the bottom of the lens carrier and the housing, the conductive spring plate is provided with at least three conductive paths, each of the conductive paths corresponds to one coil and has an input end and a common end adjacent to and separated from each other, a first wire end and a second wire end of each of the coils are respectively connected to the corresponding input end and common end.

Claims (15)

1. A magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor, comprising a housing, and a plurality of magnets, a lens carrier, a conductive spring plate and coils arranged inside the housing, wherein the plurality of magnets are divided into pairs, and two magnets of each pair have opposite magnetic field directions and are arranged side by side vertically; the coils are formed by winding a conductive wire, and each of the coils has a first wire end and a second wire end, wherein the magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor comprises one conductive spring plate, at least three said pairs of magnets and at least three coils, wherein the at least three pairs of magnets are all fixed on an inner wall of the housing, the at least three coils are all mounted on an outer wall of the lens carrier, and each of the coils is disposed opposite to one pair of magnets; and the conductive spring plate is mechanically fixedly connected to the bottom of the lens carrier and the housing or the bottom of a lower row of magnets, the conductive spring plate is provided with at least three conductive paths, each of the conductive paths corresponds to one coil and has an input end and a common end adjacent to and separated from each other, and the first wire end and the second wire end of each of the coils are respectively connected to the input end and the common end of the corresponding conductive path.

2. The magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor according to claim 1 , wherein the input ends of the conductive paths are unconnected to each other, and the common ends are not connected to each other or at least two of the common ends are electrically connected to each other.

3. The magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor according to claim 1 , wherein the optical image stabilization voice coil motor further comprises a base, the base is provided thereon with a conductive portion for electrically connecting to the outside, the conductive portion is exposed out of a surface of the base, and the coil is electrically connected to the conductive portion.

4. The magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor according to claim 3 , wherein the housing covers the base, the base is provided thereon with an engaging column extending upwards, a slot is formed on the outer wall of the lens carrier, a through hole is formed on a periphery of the conductive spring plate, and the engaging column is engaged in the slot through the through hole.

5. The magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor according to claim 4 , wherein the optical image stabilization voice coil motor further comprises a press ring, the press ring is sandwiched between the conductive spring plate and the base, and a top surface of the press ring is fixedly connected to the conductive spring plate.

6. The magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor according to claim 1 , wherein a boss is provided on the outer wall of the lens carrier, and the coil is wound around a periphery of the boss.

7. The magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor according to claim 1 , wherein the lens carrier is further provided with winding columns extending from the bottom thereof, the first and second wire ends of the coil are wound on two different winding columns, and the conductive spring plate is provided with yielding holes at positions corresponding to the winding columns.

8. The magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor according to claim 1 , wherein the housing has a rectangular cross-section, the magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor comprises four pairs of magnets and four coils, and the four pairs of magnets are respectively located at four corners inside the housing.

9. The magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor according to claim 1 , wherein the optical image stabilization voice coil motor further comprises a fixing spring plate mechanically connected to the top of the lens carrier and the housing.

10. A method of manufacturing the magnetic interference-resistant optical image stabilization voice coil motor according to claim 1 , comprising the following steps:

A. winding the conductive wire into a coil by using an automatic coil winding machine, and mounting the coil onto the lens carrier;

B. placing the conductive spring plate below the lens carrier, and mechanically connecting the conductive spring plate to the lens carrier;

C. electrically connecting the input ends and the common ends of the conductive paths on the conductive spring plate to the first and second wire ends of the coils respectively;

D. fixing magnets to the inner wall of the housing, and disposing the lens carrier inside the housing in such a manner that each of the coils is opposite to one pair of magnets; and

E. mechanically connecting the magnets and the conductive spring plate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2017
From: MAK, LIN CHI; LO, WAI KWONG; PENG, YU HUI
To: AP PHOTONICES (SHENZHEN) LIMITED
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2015082447 · Jun 26, 2015
Related Publication 20180124296A1 · May 3, 2018