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Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 23, 2022
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Nitin Kumar Chennupati, Mountain View, CA (US);

Nicholas D. Smyth, San Jose, CA (US);

Justin C. Brunnett, San Ramon, CA (US);

Hiran R. Rathnasinghe, Lemon Grove, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/68 (2023.01); G03B 5/02 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/686 (2023.01); G03B 5/02 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01);
Abstract

A camera including a camera enclosure; a fixed optics portion having a prism fixedly coupled to the camera enclosure by a voice coil motor base; a moving sensor portion having an image sensor package coupled to the camera enclosure by a voice coil motor carrier that extends around the image sensor package and is operable to cause a displacement of the image sensor package relative to the fixed optics portion; and a damper coupled to the fixed optics portion or the moving sensor portion to absorb an impact between the fixed optics portion and the moving sensor portion.


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