Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Shape memory alloy actuator arrangement
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Application No.: US15763751Application Date: 2016-09-29
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Publication No.: US10663753B2Publication Date: 2020-05-26
- Inventor: James Howarth , Robin Eddington , Nicholas Henry Reddall
- Applicant: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
- Applicant Address: GB Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
- Current Assignee: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
- Current Assignee Address: GB Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@afcadc8
- International Application: PCT/GB2016/000174 WO 20160929
- International Announcement: WO2017/055788 WO 20170406
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N5/205 ; G02B27/64 ; G02B7/08 ; G03B5/02 ; F03G7/06 ; G03B3/10

Abstract:
A shape memory alloy actuator arrangement for a movable element supporting a camera lens assembly comprises plural shape memory alloy actuator wires connected between a support structure and the movable element in an arrangement wherein the shape memory alloy actuator wires are arranged, on selective driving, to move the movable element relative to the support structure in any direction orthogonal to the optical axis of the at least one lens. At least one plain bearing bears the movable element on the support structure, allowing movement of the movable element relative to the support structure orthogonal to the optical axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180284475A1 SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENT Public/Granted day:2018-10-04
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