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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2008
Waltherus Cornelis Jozef Bierhoff, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Augustinus Laurentius Braun, Eindhoven, NL;
Nanad Mihajlovic, Eindhoven, NL;
Waltherus Cornelis Jozef Bierhoff, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Augustinus Laurentius Braun, Eindhoven, NL;
Nanad Mihajlovic, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A fiber scanning system is provided comprising a housing () with a fiber (), the fiber () comprising a fixed part and a free end, the fixed part being attached to a bottom of the housing () and the fiber () extending parallel to the wall of the housing (). At least one electrical coil () is attached to the wall at a position in between the fixed part and the free end of the fiber (), a winding of the electrical coil () being in a plane parallel to the fiber (). A magnet () is attached to the fiber (), such that the electrical coil () may induce a force on the magnet (). The magnet () is attached to the fiber () at a position just before or after the electrical coil (), a width of the magnet () being such that the magnet () extends over the electrical coil ().