Patents by Inventor Ming-Shun Chang

Ming-Shun Chang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220100057
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of plastic lens elements, a plastic lens barrel, a retaining element, a glue material and a first void structure. The plastic lens barrel includes a plate portion and a tube portion. The plate portion has a central hole, and an optical axis of the imaging lens assembly passing through the central hole. The tube portion is extended from the plate portion which is parallel with the optical axis and defining an inner space and the plastic lens elements is disposed in the inner space. The glue material is disposed between one of the plastic lens elements and the tube portion of the plastic lens barrel, and surrounds the one of the plastic lens elements. The first void structure is extended from the central hole to the tube portion. The plastic lens elements are including a first lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Heng-Yi SU, Ming-Ta CHOU, Chun-Hua TSAI, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220082782
    Abstract: An imaging lens driving module includes a base, a casing, a driving mechanism and a damping element. The base has an opening, and the casing has a central aperture corresponding to the opening. The casing includes a plastic frame portion and a metal structure portion. The plastic frame portion is coupled to the base. The metal structure portion has a plurality of pins extending towards the base. The driving mechanism is disposed in the casing. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the lens unit to move in a direction parallel to an optical axis. The damping element is connected to the pins and the lens unit. The metal structure portion is insert-molded with the plastic frame portion to form the casing. The pins are located closer to the optical axis than the other part of the metal structure portion to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: LARGAN DIGITAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heng Yi SU, Ming-Ta CHOU, Te-Sheng TSENG, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220066119
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a plurality of optical elements and an accommodating assembly, wherein the accommodating assembly is for containing the optical elements. The accommodating assembly includes a conical-shaped light blocking sheet and a lens barrel. The conical-shaped light blocking sheet includes an out-side portion and a conical portion, and the conical portion is connected to the out-side portion. The conical portion includes a conical structure tapered from the out-side portion toward one of an object-side and an image-side along the optical axis. The lens barrel is disposed on one side of the conical portion. The optical elements include a most object-side optical element, a most image-side optical element and at least one optical element. The conical structure of the conical-shaped light blocking sheet is physically contacted with only one of the lens barrel, the most object-side optical element and the most image-side optical element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yu-Chen LAI, Chih-Wei CHENG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220050260
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly has an optical axis and includes an annular structure located on an object side of the imaging lens assembly and surrounds the optical axis. The annular structure is located on an object side of the imaging lens assembly, surrounds the optical axis, and includes a first through hole, a second through hole, a first frustum surface, a second frustum surface and a third frustum surface. The first through hole is disposed on an object side of the annular structure, and the second through hole is disposed on an image side of the first through hole. The first frustum surface is disposed on the image side of the first through hole. The second frustum surface is disposed on an object side of the second through hole. The third frustum surface is disposed on an image side of the second through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yu-Chen LAI, Ming-Ta CHOU, Cheng-Feng LIN, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20220050358
    Abstract: A driving device has a central axis and includes a cover, a base, at least one displaceable holder and at least one translational auxiliary member. The cover surrounds the central axis and is fixed to the base for forming a containing space. The displaceable holder is disposed in the containing space and includes at least one horizontal rolling member. The horizontal rolling member is provided that renders the displaceable holder displaceable relatively to the cover and the base along at least one direction perpendicular to the central axis. The translational auxiliary member abuts against the cover and the displaceable holder. The translational auxiliary member and the horizontal rolling member are disposed on two opposite sides along the central axis, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Lin-An CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Chen-Yi HUANG, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Patent number: 11249275
    Abstract: A plastic lens barrel includes an object-end portion, an image-end portion and a tube portion. The object-end portion has an object-end outer surface, an object-end opening and an object-end inner surface, wherein one end of the object-end inner surface is connected to the object-end outer surface and surrounds the object-end opening. The image-end portion has an image-end outer surface and an image-end opening. The tube portion connected object-end portion and the image-end portion, and includes a plurality of tube inner surfaces. At least one of the tube inner surfaces and the object-end inner surface includes a plurality of annular convex structures. Each of the annular convex structures surrounds a central axis of the plastic lens barrel. A cross-sectional plane of each annular convex structure passing through the central axis includes a peak point and two valley point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Shun Chang, Ming-Ta Chou, Wei-Hung Weng
  • Patent number: 11245824
    Abstract: An optical lens assembly includes at least one dual molded lens element. The dual molded lens element has a central axis, and includes a light transmitting portion and a light absorbing portion. The light transmitting portion includes an optical effective region and a lens peripheral region, and the lens peripheral region surrounds the optical effective region. A light absorbing portion surrounds the optical effective region. The light transmitting portion and the light absorbing portion are made of different plastic materials with different colors, and the light absorbing portion includes at least three gate portions surrounding the central axis, wherein all gate portions are located on the same surface of the dual molded lens element. The light transmitting portion and the light absorbing portion of the dual molded lens element are integrally formed by the injection molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Shun Chang, Ming-Ta Chou, Chun-Hua Tsai
  • Patent number: 11187833
    Abstract: An annular optical element having an optical axis includes an outer diameter surface, an inner annular surface, an object-side surface and an image-side surface. The object-side surface includes an annular reflecting surface, an annular auxiliary surface and a connecting surface. The annular reflecting surface is inclined with the optical axis. The annular auxiliary surface is closer to the optical axis than the annular reflecting surface is to the optical axis. The connecting surface is for connecting to an optical element, wherein the connecting surface is closer to the optical axis than the annular auxiliary surface is to the optical axis. The image-side surface is located opposite to the object-side surface and includes an annular optical surface. A V-shaped groove is formed by the annular auxiliary surface and the annular reflecting surface of the object-side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Shun Chang, Cheng-Feng Lin, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Publication number: 20210364727
    Abstract: A lens driving module includes a base, a shield can, a driving mechanism, a space maintaining element and a damping element. The base has an opening. The shield can is coupled to the base and has a central aperture corresponding to the opening. The driving mechanism is disposed in the shield and configured to drive a lens unit to move. The space maintaining element is in physical contact with the shield can. The space maintaining element includes a plastic frame portion and a metal structure portion. The metal structure portion includes pins extending toward the base. The metal structure portion is insert-molded with the plastic frame portion to form the space maintaining element. The damping element is connected to the pins and the lens unit. The pins of the metal structure portion are located closer to the optical axis than part of the metal structure portion without the pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: LARGAN DIGITAL CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Heng Yi SU, Ming-Ta CHOU, Te-Sheng TSENG, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20210364452
    Abstract: A plastic lens element includes an optical effective portion and a peripheral portion. The peripheral portion surrounds the optical effective portion and includes a peripheral surface and an optical inspecting structure. The optical inspecting structure is disposed between the optical effective portion and the peripheral surface and includes a first optical inspecting surface and a second optical inspecting surface. The first optical inspecting surface and the second optical inspecting surface are disposed on two sides of the peripheral portion respectively and correspond to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Lin-An CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Cheng-Feng LIN, Liang-Chieh WENG, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20210333518
    Abstract: An imaging lens element assembly includes a dual molded lens element. The dual molded lens element includes a transparent portion, a light absorbing portion and a step structure. The transparent portion, in order from a center to a peripheral region, includes an optical effective area and a transparent peripheral area, wherein an optical axis of the imaging lens element assembly passes through the optical effective area, and the transparent peripheral area surrounds the optical effective area. The light absorbing portion surrounds the optical effective area and is disposed on an object side of the transparent peripheral area and includes an object-end surface and an outer inclined surface. The object-end surface faces towards an object side of the light absorbing portion, and the outer inclined surface extends from the object-end surface to an image side of the light absorbing portion and is gradually far away from the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Lin-An CHANG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Cheng-Feng LIN, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20210247586
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly includes a plastic barrel and an optical element set. The optical element set includes an optical lens element, a light blocking sheet and a light-shielding layer. At least one surface of an object-side peripheral surface and an image-side peripheral surface of the optical lens element includes an annular side wall. An annular abutting surface of the light blocking sheet and the annular side wall of the optical lens element are disposed correspondingly to each other. The light-shielding layer surrounds a central opening of the light blocking sheet and includes an annular concave-curved portion. The annular concave-curved portion is for retaining the light blocking sheet, so that there is no relative displacement in a direction parallel to an optical axis between the annular abutting surface of the light blocking sheet and the annular side wall of the optical lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jyun-Jia CHENG, Heng-Yi SU, Ming-Ta CHOU, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20210088698
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly module has an optical axis, and includes at least one plastic lens element, a carrier element and a light absorbing layer. The plastic lens element, in order from a center to a peripheral region thereof, includes an optical effective portion and a peripheral portion. A side of the peripheral portion includes a plurality of step structures interposed between the side of the peripheral portion and a same side of the optical effective portion. The carrier element defines an inner space for disposing the plastic lens element, and includes a tip end minimal opening and a plurality of annular inner walls. The light absorbing layer is disposed on the peripheral portion of the plastic lens element, and the step structures and the at least one of the annular inner walls facing towards the plastic lens element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Ming-Ta CHOU, Cheng-Feng LIN, Po-Lun HSU, Ming-Shun CHANG, Ming-Ching LIN
  • Publication number: 20210080697
    Abstract: An imaging lens system includes a plastic lens element. The plastic lens element includes an optical effective portion and an outer ring portion. The optical axis passes through the optical effective portion. The outer ring portion surrounds the optical effective portion and includes an annular groove structure, a conical surface, a flat abutting portion and a full-circle connecting portion. The annular groove structure is tapered off. Each of the conical surface and the flat abutting portion is located closer to the optical effective portion than the annular groove structure. The flat abutting portion is in physical contact with an optical element. The full-circle connecting portion is connected to the annular groove structure and located farther away from the optical effective portion than the annular groove structure. The annular groove structure has an annular bottom end surface extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the optical axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Shun CHANG, Heng Yi SU, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Publication number: 20210072487
    Abstract: An imaging lens assembly module has an optical axis, and includes an optical element set, a light blocking element assembling surface, and a light absorbing layer. The optical element set includes an optical lens element and a light blocking sheet. The optical lens element is a plastic lens element, and includes an optical effective portion and an outer peripheral portion. The light blocking sheet is disposed on the outer peripheral portion, and spaced apart from the outer peripheral portion. The light blocking sheet includes an object-side surface, an image-side surface and an inner opening surface. The inner opening surface surrounds a through hole of the light blocking sheet. The light blocking sheet is disposed on the light blocking element assembling surface. The light absorbing layer is disposed on the image-side surface and for fixing the light blocking sheet on the light blocking element assembling surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jyun-Jia CHENG, Ming-Ta CHOU, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20210063731
    Abstract: An annular optical component includes a plastic element and a metal element disposed on the plastic element. The plastic element includes a plastic part, and the metal element includes a metal part. The plastic part surrounds a central axis of the annular optical component so as to form a central opening. An outer annular surface and an inner annular surface of the annular optical component are opposite to each other. An object-side surface of the annular optical component faces an image-side direction of the annular optical component and is connected to the outer annular surface and the inner annular surface. An image-side surface of the annular optical component faces an image-side direction of the annular optical component and is connected to the outer annular surface and the inner annular surface. The image-side surface and the object-side surface are opposite to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicant: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Shun CHANG, Yu-Jen CHIU, Ming-Ta CHOU
  • Publication number: 20210041606
    Abstract: A light blocking sheet having a central axis includes a central hole and a plurality of inner extended portions. The central axis passes through the central hole, which is enclosed by a hole inner surface. The hole inner surface has a first corresponding circle and a second corresponding circle, wherein a diameter of the first corresponding circle is greater than a diameter of the second corresponding circle. The inner extended portions are adjacent to and surround the central hole, wherein each of the inner extended portions is extended and tapered from the first corresponding circle towards the second corresponding circle and includes an inner surface, and the inner surface includes a line pair. The line pair includes two line sections, wherein one end of one line section thereof and one end of the other line section thereof are towards the second corresponding circle and approach to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ming-Ta CHOU, Ming-Shun CHANG, Chih-Wen HSU
  • Patent number: 10908415
    Abstract: An annular optical component includes a plastic element and a metal element disposed on the plastic element. The plastic element includes a plastic part, and the metal element includes a metal part. The plastic part surrounds a central axis of the annular optical component so as to form a central opening. An outer annular surface and an inner annular surface of the annular optical component are opposite to each other. An object-side surface of the annular optical component faces an image-side direction of the annular optical component and is connected to the outer annular surface and the inner annular surface. An image-side surface of the annular optical component faces an image-side direction of the annular optical component and is connected to the outer annular surface and the inner annular surface. The image-side surface and the object-side surface are opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Shun Chang, Yu-Jen Chiu, Ming-Ta Chou
  • Publication number: 20200409028
    Abstract: An imaging lens module with auto focus function includes an imaging lens assembly, an electromagnetic driving component assembly and a lens carrier. The imaging lens assembly has an optical axis. The electromagnetic driving component assembly drives the imaging lens assembly to move in a direction parallel to the optical axis by a Lorentz force. The imaging lens assembly is mounted to the lens carrier such that the imaging lens assembly can be wholly driven by the Lorentz force. The lens carrier includes an object-side part, a mounting structure and a plurality of plate portions. The object-side part includes a tip-end minimal aperture configured for light to travel through; and a tapered surface which surrounds an area tapered off from image side to object side. The mounting structure and the plate portions are configured for at least a part of the electromagnetic driving component assembly to be mounted thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: LARGAN DIGITAL CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Hua TSAI, Ming-Ta CHOU, Ming-Shun CHANG
  • Patent number: 10845507
    Abstract: A light blocking sheet having a central axis includes a central hole and a plurality of inner extended portions. The central axis passes through the central hole, which is enclosed by a hole inner surface. The hole inner surface has a first corresponding circle and a second corresponding circle, wherein a diameter of the first corresponding circle is greater than a diameter of the second corresponding circle. The inner extended portions are adjacent to and surround the central hole, wherein each of the inner extended portions is extended and tapered from the first corresponding circle towards the second corresponding circle and includes an inner surface, and the inner surface includes a line pair. The line pair includes two line sections, wherein one end of one line section thereof and one end of the other line section thereof are towards the second corresponding circle and approach to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LARGAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Ta Chou, Ming-Shun Chang, Chih-Wen Hsu