US 12,231,753 B1
Flexure arm separator for flexure module of camera with moveable image sensor
Phillip R Sommer, Newark, CA (US); and Seyed Mohammad Javid Mahmoudzadeh, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/930,383.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/54 (2023.01) [H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/687 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera, comprising:
a lens group;
an image sensor;
an actuator to move the image sensor relative to the lens group; and
a flexure that suspends the image sensor from a stationary structure of the camera and that allows motion of the image sensor enabled by the actuator, the flexure comprising:
a dynamic platform to which the image sensor is connected such that the image sensor moves with the dynamic platform,
a static platform connected to a static portion of the camera,
a plurality of flexure arms that mechanically connect the dynamic platform to the static platform, and
one or more elastic spacers positioned between at least two flexure arms of the plurality of flexure arms, wherein the one or more elastic spacers comprises at least one of a hyper-elastic material or a viscoelastic material.