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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2004
Applicants:
Richard Topliss, Cambridge, GB;
James Allan, Bury St. Edmunds, GB;
Mark Richard Shepherd, Royston, GB;
Inventors:
Richard Topliss, Cambridge, GB;
James Allan, Bury St. Edmunds, GB;
Mark Richard Shepherd, Royston, GB;
Assignee:
l...Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 41/053 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An example housing that protects a ceramic actuator from excessive and damaging displacement comprises a protective structure arranged to limit the motion of the actuator by contacting at least one section of the actuator between fixed and moving terminals of said actuator. A suspension system for a lens holder of a miniature camera actuated by a ceramic actuator comprises four pivotally connected link elements in form of a parallelogram connected between a housing and the lens holder.