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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2017
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Mark A. Miller, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Peter F. Ladwig, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Douglas P. Riemer, Waconia, MN (US);
Duane M. Jelkin, Hutchinson, MN (US);
John L. Schumann, Litchfield, MN (US);
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Abstract
A suspension assembly is described. The suspension assembly including a static member or plate; a moving member or plate movable about an x-axis and a y-axis with respect to the static plate; a sensor mounting region on the moving plate; and one or more shape memory alloy (SMA) elements extending between and coupled to the static plate and moving plate. The SMA elements, when driven by a controller, move the moving plate and the sensor mounting region thereon about the x-axis and the y-axis with respect to the static plate.