using shape memory alloys

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  • Information Patent Grant

    Optical element driving system

    • Patent number 12,222,579
    • Issue date Feb 11, 2025
    • TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    • Ya-Hsiu Wu
    • G02 - OPTICS
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    Prism actuator

    • Patent number 12,216,258
    • Issue date Feb 4, 2025
    • LG Innotek Co., Ltd
    • Sang Ok Park
    • G02 - OPTICS
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    Compact liquid lens having an adjustable focal length

    • Patent number 12,216,295
    • Issue date Feb 4, 2025
    • Stephan Smolka
    • G02 - OPTICS
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    Actuator assembly

    • Patent number 12,216,328
    • Issue date Feb 4, 2025
    • Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
    • Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Optical system

    • Patent number 12,181,683
    • Issue date Dec 31, 2024
    • TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    • Chih-Wei Weng
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Optical system

    • Patent number 12,174,392
    • Issue date Dec 24, 2024
    • TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    • Chih-Wei Weng
    • G06 - COMPUTING CALCULATING COUNTING
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    Lens driving module

    • Patent number 12,158,695
    • Issue date Dec 3, 2024
    • Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.
    • Feng Yan
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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    Sensor shift structures in optical image stabilization suspensions

    • Patent number 12,147,059
    • Issue date Nov 19, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Mark A. Miller
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    Actuator assembly

    • Patent number 12,099,250
    • Issue date Sep 24, 2024
    • Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
    • Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Lens module

    • Patent number 12,099,288
    • Issue date Sep 24, 2024
    • Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.
    • Tianheng Ni
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    Optical driving assembly

    • Patent number 12,099,289
    • Issue date Sep 24, 2024
    • Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.
    • Wesley Chang
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof

    • Patent number 12,055,844
    • Issue date Aug 6, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Ryan N. Ruzicka
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Shape memory alloy actuator

    • Patent number 12,049,877
    • Issue date Jul 30, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Mark A. Miller
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Sensor shift structures in optical image stabilization suspensions

    • Patent number 12,044,219
    • Issue date Jul 23, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Mark A. Miller
    • G02 - OPTICS
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    Method and apparatus for controlling power delivered to an SMA actu...

    • Patent number 12,037,991
    • Issue date Jul 16, 2024
    • Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
    • Mark George Easton
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Asymmetric SMA actuator

    • Patent number 12,013,549
    • Issue date Jun 18, 2024
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    Shape metal alloy (SMA) bimorph actuators with reduced wire exit angle

    • Patent number 11,982,263
    • Issue date May 14, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Ryan N. Ruzicka
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Shape memory alloy actuator assembly for optical image stabilisation

    • Patent number 11,953,701
    • Issue date Apr 9, 2024
    • Cambridge Mechatronics Limited
    • Robin Eddington
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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    Multi-stable actuator based on shape memory alloy wires

    • Patent number 11,927,180
    • Issue date Mar 12, 2024
    • Actuator Solutions GmbH
    • Arif Kazi
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof

    • Patent number 11,892,759
    • Issue date Feb 6, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Ryan N. Ruzicka
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
  • Information Patent Grant

    Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof

    • Patent number 11,867,160
    • Issue date Jan 9, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Mark A. Miller
    • G02 - OPTICS
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    Optical element driving mechanism having a position sensing assembly

    • Patent number 11,860,513
    • Issue date Jan 2, 2024
    • TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    • Shusuke Ichihashi
    • H02 - GENERATION CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
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    Optical element driving mechanism

    • Patent number 11,852,888
    • Issue date Dec 26, 2023
    • TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    • Ya-Hsiu Wu
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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    Shape memory alloy actuators and methods thereof

    • Patent number 11,815,794
    • Issue date Nov 14, 2023
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Ryan N. Ruzicka
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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    Camera module

    • Patent number 11,815,798
    • Issue date Nov 14, 2023
    • LG Innotek Co., Ltd
    • Jun Taek Lee
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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    Shape memory alloy actuator bearings

    • Patent number 11,782,287
    • Issue date Oct 10, 2023
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Robin Eddington
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    Wire feeding and attaching system for camera lens suspensions

    • Patent number 11,769,977
    • Issue date Sep 26, 2023
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Michael W. Davis
    • B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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    Lens driving device

    • Patent number 11,740,486
    • Issue date Aug 29, 2023
    • Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.
    • Tianheng Ni
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
  • Information Patent Grant

    Optical element driving mechanism and optical system

    • Patent number 11,693,296
    • Issue date Jul 4, 2023
    • TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    • Chao-Hsi Wang
    • G01 - MEASURING TESTING
  • Information Patent Grant

    Wire feeding and attaching system for camera lens suspensions

    • Patent number 11,682,876
    • Issue date Jun 20, 2023
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Michael W. Davis
    • H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

  • Information Patent Application

    ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY

    • Publication number 20250059959
    • Publication date Feb 20, 2025
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Stephen Matthew Bunting
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    LENS DRIVE DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE

    • Publication number 20250053024
    • Publication date Feb 13, 2025
    • ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    • Hiroshi OSADA
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    AN ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY

    • Publication number 20250027485
    • Publication date Jan 23, 2025
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME

    • Publication number 20250020973
    • Publication date Jan 16, 2025
    • Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    • Yunkyoung CHOI
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
  • Information Patent Application

    OPTICAL ANTI-SHAKE APPARATUS AND CAMERA MODULE

    • Publication number 20240380976
    • Publication date Nov 14, 2024
    • GALAXYCORE SHANGHAI LIMITED CORPORATION
    • Wei TANG
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENT

    • Publication number 20240369805
    • Publication date Nov 7, 2024
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Bimorph Actuators With Reduced Wire Exit A...

    • Publication number 20240369047
    • Publication date Nov 7, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Ryan N. Ruzicka
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    IMAGING APPARATUS, CAMERA MODULE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING AP...

    • Publication number 20240361670
    • Publication date Oct 31, 2024
    • ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    • Touichi OKUNO
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    SMA ACTUATION APPARATUS

    • Publication number 20240337255
    • Publication date Oct 10, 2024
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    ACTUATORS

    • Publication number 20240318641
    • Publication date Sep 26, 2024
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • James Howarth
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    A METHOD OF GENERATING DRIVE SIGNALS FOR DRIVING AN SMA APPARATUS

    • Publication number 20240271605
    • Publication date Aug 15, 2024
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Mark Easton
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    SMA WIRE DRIVING DEVICE, CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND ELE...

    • Publication number 20240219813
    • Publication date Jul 4, 2024
    • SEADEC TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    • Shulun LIU
    • G02 - OPTICS
  • Information Patent Application

    ACTUATOR FOR CAMERA AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME

    • Publication number 20240210789
    • Publication date Jun 27, 2024
    • Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    • Jaewoo JUN
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    Shape Memory Alloy Actuators And Methods Thereof

    • Publication number 20240184188
    • Publication date Jun 6, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Ryan N. Ruzicka
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    AN ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND A METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF

    • Publication number 20240160032
    • Publication date May 16, 2024
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Robin Eddington
    • G02 - OPTICS
  • Information Patent Application

    Shape Memory Alloy Actuators And Methods Thereof

    • Publication number 20240125306
    • Publication date Apr 18, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Mark A. Miller
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM

    • Publication number 20240094600
    • Publication date Mar 21, 2024
    • TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    • Tso-Hsiang WU
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
  • Information Patent Application

    OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING SYSTEM

    • Publication number 20240085657
    • Publication date Mar 14, 2024
    • TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    • Ya-Hsiu WU
    • G02 - OPTICS
  • Information Patent Application

    Shape Memory Alloy Actuators And Methods Thereof

    • Publication number 20240077782
    • Publication date Mar 7, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Mark A. Miller
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE

    • Publication number 20240061317
    • Publication date Feb 22, 2024
    • Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd
    • Zhongcheng You
    • G02 - OPTICS
  • Information Patent Application

    ACTUATORS

    • Publication number 20240060479
    • Publication date Feb 22, 2024
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    Shape Memory Alloy Actuators And Methods Thereof

    • Publication number 20240036446
    • Publication date Feb 1, 2024
    • Hutchinson Technology Incorporated
    • Ryan N. Ruzicka
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
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    ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY

    • Publication number 20240026866
    • Publication date Jan 25, 2024
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Robert Langhorne
    • F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS M...
  • Information Patent Application

    OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION CAMERA MODULE

    • Publication number 20240022816
    • Publication date Jan 18, 2024
    • NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH CO., LTD.
    • Dongli YUAN
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    OPTICAL ZOOM DEVICE

    • Publication number 20230358924
    • Publication date Nov 9, 2023
    • Nextlens Switzerland AG
    • Manuel ASCHWANDEN
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM

    • Publication number 20230324769
    • Publication date Oct 12, 2023
    • Nextlens Switzerland AG
    • Markus Geissner
    • G02 - OPTICS
  • Information Patent Application

    CAMERA ASSEMBLY

    • Publication number 20230296961
    • Publication date Sep 21, 2023
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Andrew Benjamin Simpson Brown
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING SYSTEM

    • Publication number 20230273395
    • Publication date Aug 31, 2023
    • TDK TAIWAN CORP.
    • Shun-Chieh TANG
    • H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • Information Patent Application

    ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY

    • Publication number 20230236474
    • Publication date Jul 27, 2023
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Stephen Matthew Bunting
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
  • Information Patent Application

    SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY ACTUATOR

    • Publication number 20230213836
    • Publication date Jul 6, 2023
    • CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    • Robin Eddington
    • G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY