Patents by Inventor Stephen Matthew BUNTING

Stephen Matthew BUNTING 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).

  • Publication number: 20180149142
    Abstract: An SMA actuator arrangement is assembled using a strut element shaped to comprise a sacrificial strut body and crimp tabs held apart by the sacrificial strut body. A SMA wire is laid across the crimp tabs which are folded and pressed to form crimps holding the SMA wire. The crimps are then attached to static and moving parts, after which the sacrificial strut body is removed. The method allows the crimping to be performed without hindrance from the static and moving parts, the sacrificial strut body holding the relative locations of the crimps prior to attachment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Matthew BUNTING, James HOWARTH, Andrew Benjamin David BROWN
  • Publication number: 20170219842
    Abstract: A camera assembly comprises a lens assembly (20) supported on a support structure (4), wherein the lens assembly includes an autofocus actuator arrangement (24) and the camera assembly includes an optical image stabilization assembly (40) arranged to move the lens assembly in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis. A flexible printed circuit tape (103) connected between the support structure (4) and the lens assembly (20) and providing an electrical connection to the auto-focus actuator arrangement (24) is bent around a corner, thereby allowing the flexible printed circuit tape (103) to accommodate the motion of the lens assembly perpendicular to the optical axis. A crimp plate (62) connected to the lens assembly which crimps shape memory alloy wires (80) has features (63) extending out of the plane of the crimp plate for reducing flexibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2015
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Applicants: CAMBRIDGE MECHATRONICS LIMITED, HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
    Inventors: James HOWARTH, Robin EDDINGTON, Stephen Matthew BUNTING, Peter Francis LADWIG, Richard Rodger JENNEKE, Chee Keong LAI