US Patent Issued to HARMAN PROFESSIONAL DENMARK on Dec. 2 for "Lens actuation system for an optical device" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,966, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HARMAN PROFESSIONAL DENMARK APS (Aarhus N, Denmark).

"Lens actuation system for an optical device" was invented by Carsten Dalsgaard (Silkeborg, Denmark) and Uffe Kjaergaard Toft (Hojbjerg, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems are provided for an optical device. The optical device comprises a lens actuation system including a motor, a flywheel, a connecting linkage, a plurality of articulating arms, and a lens. The lens is housed in a frame coupled to the articulating arms and driven via the lens actuation system between an upstream position and a downstream position."

The patent was f...