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Voice coil motor

US9140881B2 · kind B2 · utility

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30Claims
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Filing dateAug 20, 2014
Grant dateSep 22, 2015
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2205/0069
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A VCM is disclosed, the motor including a stator including a first driving unit, a rotor arranged inside the stator, including a second driving unit responding to the first driving unit and mounted therein with a lens, a base fixing the stator, and an elastic member coupled to the rotor to float the rotor from the base in a case a driving signal for driving the first and second driving units is not applied to the first and second driving units.

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