US Patent Issued to Microsoft Technology Licensing on May 19 for "Suspended actuator" (Finnish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,851, issued on May 19, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).

"Suspended actuator" was invented by Marko Eromaki (Tampere, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus comprises two actuators, such as an autofocus actuator and optical image stabilizer. The actuators are nested, wherein the outer actuator is suspended from the device body and the inner actuator is suspended from the outer actuator. A suspension element may be a flexure bearing, allowing a flat actuator design."

The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 2022, under Application No. 18/146,656.

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