Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Ball-bearing retainers
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Application No.: US14956612Application Date: 2015-12-02
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Publication No.: US10775638B2Publication Date: 2020-09-15
- Inventor: Mark A. Miller , Richard R. Jenneke , Raymond R. Wolter , Donald M. Anderson
- Applicant: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US MN Hutchinson
- Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Hutchinson
- Agency: DLA Piper LLP (US)
- Main IPC: G02B27/64
- IPC: G02B27/64 ; G02B7/08 ; G02B7/02 ; G02B7/09 ; F16F1/02 ; F16F15/00 ; F16M13/02 ; H05K7/14 ; H05K1/02

Abstract:
A camera lens suspension assembly includes a support member including a support metal base layer formed from a first unitary metal component, comprising a bearing plate portion in the support metal base layer. The assembly also includes a moving member including a moving metal base layer formed from a second unitary metal component and mounted to the support member, comprising a moving plate portion in the moving metal base layer, and flexure arms in the moving metal base layer extending from the moving plate portion and coupled to the support member. The assembly further includes a plurality of bearing-retaining recess between the bearing plate portion of the support member and the moving plate portion of the moving member, and ball-bearings within the bearing-retaining recesses, and between and engaging the bearing plate portion and the moving plate, to enable movement of the moving member with respect to the support member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160154252A1 BALL-BEARING RETAINERS Public/Granted day:2016-06-02
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