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  • Protective housing for a ceramic actuator
    Patent number: 7227296
    Abstract: An example housing that protects a ceramic actuator from excessive and damaging displacement comprises a protective structure arranged to limit the motion of the actuator by contacting at least one section of the actuator between fixed and moving terminals of said actuator. A suspension system for a lens holder of a miniature camera actuated by a ceramic actuator comprises four pivotally connected link elements in form of a parallelogram connected between a housing and the lens holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: l...Limited
    Inventors: Richard Topliss, James Allan, Mark Richard Shepherd