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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2024
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Scott W Miller, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Douglas S Brodie, San Jose, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Electrical interconnects, physically separate from suspension flexures, in a sensor-shift camera, route power to and/or high-speed data produced by an image sensor, reducing complexity of the suspension. A camera includes a static portion (e.g., a base or non-moving portion of a platform of the camera) attached to one side of a set of flexible electrical interconnects. The moving portion (e.g., a moving platform that supports an image sensor, or the lenses) is attached to the other side of the flexible electrical interconnects. The flexible electrical interconnects may route power, image data signals, and/or control signals between the static and a moving portion of the camera. In embodiments, a suspension (e.g., a flexure-based suspension, physically distinct from the flexible electrical interconnects) acts to moveably connect the static portion and the moveable portion while an actuator moves the moveable platform (e.g., for image stabilization or autofocus).