ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,343, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).
"Actuator locking mechanism for image capture device" was invented by Jonathan Stern (San Mateo, Calif.) and Ian Griggs (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a barrel mount disposed within a body, and the barrel mount includes a central axis. The system includes a lens barrel secured within the barrel mount and aligned with the central axis. The system includes an actuator that adjusts a position of the lens barrel by moving the barrel mount along the central axis. The system includes an actuator locking mechanism securable over the ba...