Patents Assigned to Tricore Corporation
  • Patent number: 8137012
    Abstract: A camera shutter comprising a shutter driving means which has permanent magnets on both ends of a swingably journaled swinging lever and drives a shutter blade by conduction of electricity to a magnet coil wound around an iron core that is fixed so as to face the permanent magnets, thereby performing efficient motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: Tien-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 8132973
    Abstract: A camera shutter comprising a shutter driving means which does not immediately start an operation to provide stable movement even though an operation signal is output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: Tien-Chung Huang
  • Publication number: 20120000418
    Abstract: A spindle motor tray adhesive dispensing method and supplementary apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base block and a pressure block. The base block supports the tray to be processed, having a blind hole for receiving one end of the center axle of the tray and three adhesive troughs around the blind hole. The pressure block pressed on the tray above the base block and axially movable relative to the base block, having a guide hole for receiving the other end of the center axle of the tray. An open space is defined above the base block around the pressure block within which an adhesive dispenser is movable to dispense a polymer adhesive to the through holes on the tray and the adhesive troughs of the base block to form rubber pads at the tray when cured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: David HUANG
  • Publication number: 20110069948
    Abstract: A camera shutter comprising a shutter driving means which does not immediately start an operation to provide stable movement even though an operation signal is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: Tien-Chung Huang
  • Publication number: 20110069949
    Abstract: A camera shutter comprising a shutter driving means which has permanent magnets on both ends of a swingably journaled swinging lever and drives a shutter blade by conduction of electricity to a magnet coil wound around an iron core that is fixed so as to face the permanent magnets, thereby performing efficient motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: Tien-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 7893568
    Abstract: A voice coil motor type focusing actuator, which includes a fixed unit, the fixed unit comprises a bracket which is formed by plastic injection molding to wrap a metal part, and a plurality of magnets mounted in the bracket at a plurality of sides. A movable unit, the movable unit comprises a lens holder movably mounted inside the bracket and a coil mounted on a plurality of sides of the lens holder corresponding to the magnets. And a resilient holding unit connected between the fixed unit and the movable unit to hold down the movable unit on the fixed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: Tien-Chung Huang
  • Publication number: 20110038066
    Abstract: A voice coil motor type focusing actuator is disclosed to have a fixed unit, a movable unit and two resilient holding members. The fixed unit has a bracket with two slide shafts and a plurality of magnets mounted in the bracket. The movable unit has a lens holder movably mounted inside the bracket and a coil wound around the lens holder. The lens holder has two lugs. Each lug has a through hole for the slide shaft of the fixed unit to insert thereinto. The resilient holding member is fastened between the bracket of the fixed unit and the lens holder of the movable unit. When a current is supplied to the coil, a magnetic force is produced between the coil and the magnets to move the movable unit. When the current stops, an elastic force due to the resilient holding unit is utilized to pull the movable unit back to its original position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tien-Chung HUANG
  • Patent number: 7843106
    Abstract: A motor includes a housing formed of a first shell and a second shell, a stator, which is formed of a first yoke, a second yoke, a connecting device and two coils. The first yoke and the second yoke each comprise a terminal holder mounting portion, a race and a plurality of pole pawls respectively extended from the race. The race of the first yoke has the race of the first yoke kept apart from the race of the second yoke at a distance to reduce magnetic interference, the connecting device having a terminal holder fastened to terminal holder mounting portions of the first yoke and second yoke of the stator and a plurality of metal terminals installed in the terminal holder, the coils respectively set between the first yoke and the first shell and between the second yoke and the second shell and respectively electrically connected to the metal terminals, and a rotor formed of a transmission shaft and magnets and inserted through the first yoke and the second yoke and rotatable relative to the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: David Huang
  • Patent number: 7839585
    Abstract: A voice coil motor type focusing actuator, which includes a fixed unit, the fixed unit comprises a receiving chamber, a slide fitting channel, a first coil, and a magnet. A movable unit, the movable unit is received inside the receiving chamber of the fixed unit, having a first magnetic conducting flange being affected by the first coil and magnet of the fixed unit, a lens receiving means, a slide fitting rail, the movable unit is movable relative to the fixed unit to define an axial line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventors: Jen-Chieh Hou, Chin-Chien Liu, Chin-Hsing Ho
  • Patent number: 7819636
    Abstract: An air pump operably by a motor to pump air is disclosed to include a body, an airbag unit, which is mounted in the body has multiple airbags each having an air chamber and an air inlet, a lifting mechanism rotatable by the motor to move the airbags to pump air, a plurality of air intake control valves movably set between the air inlet of each airbag and respective air inlets of the lifting mechanism to control the air passage between the air inlet of each airbag and the air inlets of the lifting mechanism subject to the operation status of the airbags, and an exhaust structure coupled to the airbag unit for exhaust of air from the airbags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: Tien-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 7638907
    Abstract: A step motor mounted inside a camera for moving a driven member is disclosed to include a yoke iron, which has a base, two arms respectively extended from two sides of the base, and four magnetic poles respectively formed on the free ends of the arms and each junction between the base and the arms, two windings respectively surrounding the two arms of the yoke iron, a magnet, which is rotatably floating among the magnetic poles of the yoke iron by a magnetic force has sectors of different magnetic poles abutted against one another, and a crank, which is coupled to and rotatable with the magnet and has an actuating axle connected to the driven member of the camera for moving the driven member upon rotation of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventor: Tien-Chung Huang
  • Publication number: 20090284100
    Abstract: A motor includes a housing formed of a first shell and a second shell, a stator, which is formed of a first yoke, a second yoke, a connecting device and two coils. The first yoke and the second yoke each comprise a terminal holder mounting portion, a race and a plurality of pole pawls respectively extended from the race. The race of the first yoke has the race of the first yoke kept apart from the race of the second yoke at a distance to reduce magnetic interference, the connecting device having a terminal holder fastened to terminal holder mounting portions of the first yoke and second yoke of the stator and a plurality of metal terminals installed in the terminal holder, the coils respectively set between the first yoke and the first shell and between the second yoke and the second shell and respectively electrically connected to the metal terminals, and a rotor formed of a transmission shaft and magnets and inserted through the first yoke and the second yoke and rotatable relative to the stator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: David Huang
  • Patent number: 7576455
    Abstract: A high performance focusing actuator of a voice coil motor comprises a retaining unit having a plastic retaining frame; a center portion of the plastic retaining frame being a receiving space; two opposite corners of the receiving space being chamfered; an inner side of each chamfered side being formed with a slide portion; and a metal rear cover plate having a shape corresponding to that of the plastic retaining frame; the metal rear cover plate having an open space coaxial with the receiving space of the plastic retaining frame; an outer side of the metal rear cover plate having four outer plates; each of two opposite corners of each outer plate being formed with an inclined guide surface corresponding to the slide portion of the plastic retaining frame; an iron receiving gap being formed between an inclined guide surface and outer plate; and each iron receiving gap receiving a magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventors: Chi-Hsin Ho, Chih-Chien Liu
  • Patent number: 7544003
    Abstract: A driving assembly of camera shutter and diaphragm comprises a first stator, a second stator, a coil set and a rotor. The coil set is installed between the first stator and second stator. A first wing is axially extended from a round periphery of the first stator and a second wing is axially extended from a round periphery of the second stator. Each of the first stator and second wing is a round cambered sheet. In assembly the first stator and second wing are formed as a space for receiving the rotor; thus the rotor is driven to rotate by the magnetic force of the first wing and second wing so as to drive the diaphragm and shutter. Each of the first wing and second wing has a plurality of parts which are formed around the respective stator and are spaced with an equal spaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2009
    Assignee: Tricore Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Hsien Huang, Chi-Hsin Ho
  • Publication number: 20080231975
    Abstract: A voice coil motor type focusing actuator, which includes a fixed unit, the fixed unit comprises a receiving chamber, a slide fitting channel, a first coil, and a magnet. A movable unit, the movable unit is received inside the receiving chamber of the fixed unit, having a first magnetic conducting flange being affected by the first coil and magnet of the fixed unit, a lens receiving means, a slide fitting rail, the movable unit is movable relative to the fixed unit to define an axial line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jen-Chieh Hou, Chin-Chieh Liu, Chin-Hsing Ho
  • Publication number: 20080007850
    Abstract: A voice coil motor type focusing actuator, which includes a fixed unit, the fixed unit comprises a bracket which is formed by plastic injection molding to wrap a metal part, and a plurality of magnets mounted in the bracket at a plurality of sides. A movable unit, the movable unit comprises a lens holder movably mounted inside the bracket and a coil mounted on a plurality of sides of the lens holder corresponding to the magnets. And a resilient holding unit connected between the fixed unit and the movable unit to hold down the movable unit on the fixed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: T. C. Huang
  • Publication number: 20070164640
    Abstract: A step motor mounted inside a camera for moving a driven member is disclosed to include a yoke iron, which has a base, two arms respectively extended from two sides of the base, and four magnetic poles respectively formed on the free ends of the arms and each junction between the base and the arms, two windings respectively surrounding the two arms of the yoke iron, a magnet, which is rotatably floating among the magnetic poles of the yoke iron by a magnetic force has sectors of different magnetic poles abutted against one another, and a crank, which is coupled to and rotatable with the magnet and has an actuating axle connected to the driven member of the camera for moving the driven member upon rotation of the magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2007
    Publication date: July 19, 2007
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: T. C. Huang
  • Publication number: 20070160485
    Abstract: An air pump operably by a motor to pump air is disclosed to include a body, an airbag unit, which is mounted in the body has multiple airbags each having an air chamber, a lifting mechanism rotatable by the motor to move the airbags to pump air, and an air control unit coupled to the airbag unit for exhaust of air from the airbags, said air control unit comprising a partition plate having inlet holes and outlet holes respectively disposed in air communication with the air chambers of the airbag of the airbag unit, an air control valve having inlet flaps to control air into or stop out via said inlet holes of the partition plate, and a top cap having a cap body formed an exhaust hole, air intake tunnels in communication between the inlet flaps and outer lateral peripheral of the cap body and opened air intake openings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: T. C. Huang
  • Publication number: 20070140879
    Abstract: An air pump operably by a motor to pump air is disclosed to include a body, an airbag unit, which is mounted in the body has multiple airbags each having an air chamber and an air inlet, a lifting mechanism rotatable by the motor to move the airbags to pump air, a plurality of air intake control valves movably set between the air inlet of each airbag and respective air inlets of the lifting mechanism to control the air passage between the air inlet of each airbag and the air inlets of the lifting mechanism subject to the operation status of the airbags, and an exhaust structure coupled to the airbag unit for exhaust of air from the airbags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: T. C. Huang
  • Publication number: 20070133110
    Abstract: A voice coil motor type focusing actuator, which includes a fixed unit formed of a bracket having a rectilinear sliding groove and two magnets mounted in the bracket at two sides, a movable unit formed of a lens holder holding a lens and mounted inside the bracket and slidably coupled with its rectilinear sliding rail to the rectilinear sliding groove of the bracket and two coils respectively mounted on two sides of the lens holder corresponding to the magnets of the fixed unit, and a resilient holding down unit connected between the fixed unit and the movable unit to hold down the movable unit on the inside of the fixed unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Applicant: TRICORE CORPORATION
    Inventor: T.C. Huang