Patents by Inventor Paul Valentine PESAVENTO

Paul Valentine PESAVENTO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Insulation of SMA actuator wires in a miniature camera
    Patent number: 10834301
    Abstract: A miniature camera (1) comprising at least one SMA actuator wire (11) arranged to effect focus, zoom or optical image stabilization. The SMA actuator wire (11) is coated with an electrically insulating layer (40) of thickness in the range from 0.3 ?m to 10 ?m. The layer (40) provides electrical insulation whilst permitting cooling that provides a rapid response time of the SMA actuator wire (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignees: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED, HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrew Benjamin David Brown, Peter Francis Ladwig, Richard Rodger Jenneke, Timothy Alan McDaniel, Paul Valentine Pesavento, Todd Austin Peter, Bryan John Scheele
  • INSULATION OF COMPONENTS OF AN SMA ACTUATION ARRANGEMENT IN A MINIATURE CAMERA
    Publication number: 20170075192
    Abstract: Insulation of components of an SMA actuation arrangement in a miniature camera A miniature camera comprises an SMA actuator arrangement including at least one SMA actuator wire arranged to effect focus, zoom or optical image stabilization. At least one component of the SMA actuator arrangement that is not the SMA actuator wire is coated with an electrically insulating layer, thereby reducing the risk of short circuiting of the drive current of the SMA actuator wire. The SMA actuator wire may not be coated at all.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicants: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED, HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Benjamin BROWN, Peter Francis LADWIG, Paul Valentine PESAVENTO, Todd Austin PETER
  • INSULATION OF SMA ACTUATOR WIRES IN A MINIATURE CAMERA
    Publication number: 20160227088
    Abstract: A miniature camera (1) comprising at least one SMA actuator wire (11) arranged to effect focus, zoom or optical image stabilization. The SMA actuator wire (11) is coated with an electrically insulating layer (40) of thickness in the range from 0.3 ?m to 10 ?m. The layer (40) provides electrical insulation whilst permitting cooling that provides a rapid response time of the SMA atuator wire (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicants: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED, HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Andrew Benjamin David BROWN, Peter Francis LADWIG, Richard Rodger JENNEKE, Timothy Alan MCDANIEL, Paul Valentine PESAVENTO, Todd Austin PETER, Bryan John SCHEELE