US 12,249,813 B2
Shutter mechanism for an electronic device
Aaron T. Emigh, Incline Village, NV (US); and Steven Stanek, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Brilliant NextGen, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Brilliant Home Technology, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/213,131.
Application 18/213,131 is a division of application No. 17/324,567, filed on May 19, 2021, granted, now 11,728,628.
Application 17/324,567 is a division of application No. 16/903,838, filed on Jun. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,211,777, issued on Dec. 28, 2021.
Application 16/903,838 is a continuation of application No. 16/517,553, filed on Jul. 20, 2019, granted, now 10,749,319, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/744,431, filed on Oct. 11, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/701,418, filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0243558 A1, Jul. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. H02G 3/14 (2006.01); F16B 5/00 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); H02B 1/46 (2006.01)
CPC H02B 1/46 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0004 (2013.01); F16B 5/0692 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A shutter mechanism for a camera of an electronic device, comprising:
a slider mechanism that enables the shutter mechanism to operate between an open state in which a lens of the camera is exposed and a closed state that blocks the lens of the camera;
wherein the slider mechanism comprises one or more slider appendages, each of the one or more slider appendages being operable to move the shutter mechanism between the open state and the closed state, wherein each of the one or more slider appendages is configured to move along a different horizontal axis than a horizontal axis corresponding to the lens of the camera; and
wherein each of the one or more slider appendages includes one or more locking features, and
wherein for each of the one or more slider appendages, each locking feature is structured to engage with and disengage from a corresponding locking feature of the shutter mechanism or the electronic device, as the slider mechanism is moved between the open state and the closed state.