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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2020
Applicant:
Dualitas Ltd., Milton Keynes, GB;
Inventors:
Ricardo Gomes, Milton Keynes, GB;
Pedro Moreira, Milton Keynes, GB;
Alexander Cole, Milton Keynes, GB;
Assignee:
Dualitas Ltd., Milton Keynes, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03H 1/32 (2006.01); G02B 5/02 (2006.01); G02B 7/00 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03H 1/32 (2013.01); G02B 5/02 (2013.01); G02B 7/00 (2013.01); G02B 5/0263 (2013.01); G03H 2223/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is described herein a diffuser assembly comprising a leaf spring, diffuser and at least one actuator. The leaf spring is arranged as a rectangular frame having a width, x, and height, y. The diffuser is suspended by the frame such as within the frame. The at least one actuator arranged to move, such as translate, the diffuser. The assembly is arranged such that the leaf spring provides in-plane (x-y plane) stiffness, kand k, less than the out-of-plane (z-direction) stiffness, k.