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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2005
Applicant:
Ted W. Barnes, Corvallis, OR (US);
Inventor:
Ted W. Barnes, Corvallis, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02K 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A light direction assembly comprises a tip-tilt platform having a light direction member and at least one current coil coupled to the tip-tilt platform. The light direction assembly also includes a plurality of magnetic producing devices that are positioned in close proximity to the current coil. The magnetic producing devices are configured to selectively tilt the tip-tilt platform in response to a current flowing through the current coil. At least one shorted turn is also included in light direction assembly and is positioned in close proximity to the current coil.