US 12,078,819 B2
Perimeter sheet spring suspension arrangement for camera
Alfred N. Mireault, San Francisco, CA (US); and Scott W. Miller, Los Gatos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/167,780.
Application 18/167,780 is a continuation of application No. 17/023,991, filed on Sep. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,579,461.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,037, filed on Sep. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185105 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01); G02B 7/10 (2021.01); G02B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01)
CPC G02B 27/646 (2013.01) [G02B 7/023 (2013.01); G02B 7/102 (2013.01); G02B 13/001 (2013.01); H04N 23/685 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A camera, comprising:
a lens group comprising one or more lens elements that define an optical axis;
an image sensor to capture light that has passed through the lens group;
a base structure coupled with the image sensor;
a moveable platform coupled with the lens group;
an actuator to move the lens group together with the moveable platform in one or more directions orthogonal to the optical axis;
a suspension arrangement comprising a plurality of sheet springs formed from a sheet material and that suspend the moveable platform from the base structure and allow the lens group to move in the one or more directions orthogonal to the optical axis; and
a bumper spring tab formed from the sheet material and configured to cushion movement of the moveable platform orthogonal to the optical axis as the moveable platform approaches a stationary structure of the camera.