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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2017
Applicant:
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Yuval Gerson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Naftali Chayat, Kfar Saba, IL;
Noel Axelrod, Jerusalem, IL;
Alexander Shpunt, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B81C 1/00 (2006.01); G01S 17/10 (2006.01); G01S 17/42 (2006.01); G01S 17/89 (2006.01); G01S 7/481 (2006.01); G02B 26/08 (2006.01); G02B 26/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 26/101 (2013.01); B81C 1/0015 (2013.01); G01S 7/4817 (2013.01); G01S 17/10 (2013.01); G01S 17/42 (2013.01); G02B 26/085 (2013.01); B81B 2201/04 (2013.01); B81C 2201/013 (2013.01); G01S 17/89 (2013.01);
Abstract
A scanning device includes a substrate, which is etched to define an array of two or more parallel rotating members and a gimbal surrounding the rotating members. First hinges connect the gimbal to the substrate and defining a first axis of rotation, about which the gimbal rotates relative to the substrate. Second hinges connect the rotating members to the support and defining respective second, mutually-parallel axes of rotation of the rotating members relative to the support, which are not parallel to the first axis.