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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2023
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Neil John Harris, Los Altos, CA (US);
Timothy A. Gladwin, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rajiv Bernard Gomes, San Jose, CA (US);
Anthony King, San Jose, CA (US);
Jason David Walker, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An actuator module includes a base plate extending in a plane, a voice coil connected to the base plate, and a magnet assembly that includes a back side facing the base plate and a front side facing away from the base plate. The magnet assembly includes a base layer and sidewalls defining a cup and an inner element including a center magnet mounted within the cup. The sidewalls include a first and second pair of sidewalls. The actuator module includes a rigid frame attached to the base plate, the rigid frame including four stubs. The actuator module also includes a plurality of springs suspending the magnet assembly relative to the frame and base plate, the plurality of springs including a first spring attached to the frame at a first pair of the four stubs and a second spring attached to the frame at a second pair of the four stubs.