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Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2026

Filed:

Jul. 11, 2024
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Douglas S Brodie, San Jose, CA (US);

Scott W Miller, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Steven Webster, Singapore, SG;

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); G03B 5/00 (2021.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); H02K 41/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H02K 41/0356 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0069 (2013.01); H02K 2201/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

Flexure component(s), including arms 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 flexure component(s). The moving portion (e.g., a moving platform that supports an image sensor, or the lenses) is attached to the other side of the flexure component(s). The one or more flexible electrical flexure component(s) 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 flexure component(s)) 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).


Find Patent Forward Citations

Brodie, Douglas. (2026). Electrical flexure component, separate from suspension, for sensor shift cameras (U.S. Patent No. 12769180). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12769180

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