Patent ID: 7574127

Claim:
An auto-focus camera comprising: a square-shaped circuit board having contacts formed on corners thereof; a motor arranged on the circuit board, comprising: a cuboid-shaped housing being mounted on the circuit board, the contacts of the circuit board being located within the housing; a stator mounted in the housing, comprising a square-shaped base forming connecting pins in corners thereof, and a stator core with coils wound thereon, the coils having ends being electrically connected with the connecting pins of the base, the connecting pins being electrically connected with the contacts of the circuit board to electrically connect the ends of the coils to the circuit board; and a rotor being rotatably disposed in the stator, the rotor having an inner thread formed on an inner surface thereof; and a lens unit being linearly movably received in the rotor, the lens unit having an outer thread formed thereon and engaging with the inner thread of the rotor.