Patent ID: 8284505

Claim:
A voice coil motor, comprising: a movable member comprising a barrel, wherein a plurality of fixing posts protrude from a bottom of the barrel; a base defining an aperture, a plurality of recessed portions, and a plurality of concavities, wherein an axis of the aperture is coaxial with that of the barrel, the recessed portions surround the aperture, each of the recessed portions is arranged between two concavities, the depth of each of the recessed portions is less than the height of each of the fixing posts, the depth of each of the concavities is larger than that of each of the recessed portions; a first elastic member comprising an elastic portion, wherein the elastic portion defines a plurality of first fixing holes, each of the first fixing holes corresponds to one of the fixing posts, each of the fixing posts extends through one of the first fixing holes and is received in one of the recessed portions; and a bracket defining a receiving space to receive the movable member; wherein the elastic member comprises a fixing portion surrounding the elastic portion, the fixing portion is fixed to the bracket, a plurality of positioning posts protrudes from the bottom of the bracket, the fixing portion defines a plurality of second fixing holes, each of the second fixing holes corresponds to one of the positioning posts, the base defines a plurality of positioning holes, each of the positioning posts extends through one of the second fixing hole and is received in the one of the positioning holes.