US Patent Issued to Hutchinson Technology on March 31 for "Guided autofocus assembly" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,102, issued on March 31, was assigned to Hutchinson Technology Inc. (Hutchinson, Minn.).

"Guided autofocus assembly" was invented by Mark A. Miller (Hutchinson, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A buckler wire actuator assembly is provided herein. The buckler wire actuator assembly includes at least one buckler frame mounted onto a base of the buckler wire actuator assembly and including at least one isolated electrical conductor. The buckler wire actuator assembly also includes a first SMA wire in electrical connection to one of the at least one isolated electrical conductor a second SMA wire opposite the first SMA wire. The fir...