Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device sweeper
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Application No.: US16721071Application Date: 2019-12-19
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Publication No.: US11131907B2Publication Date: 2021-09-28
- Inventor: Marcio Dias Lima
- Applicant: Lintec of America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Richardson
- Assignee: Lintec of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lintec of America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Richardson
- Agency: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C.
- Main IPC: G03B17/56
- IPC: G03B17/56 ; F16M11/20 ; F16M13/02 ; F16M11/18 ; F16M11/04 ; F16M11/12 ; F16M11/10

Abstract:
Apparatuses and methods for manufacturing an apparatus for supplying a sweeping motion for a device such as a camera are disclosed. The apparatus includes a stationary rod and a rotational rod arranged parallel to the stationary rod at a fixed distance from the stationary rod. The apparatus includes a device disposed on the rotational rod and a plurality of linear artificial muscle actuators arranged between the stationary and rotational rods and perpendicular to central axes of the stationary and rotational rods. Actuation of a top-portion of the plurality of linear artificial muscle actuators rotates the rotational rod in a first direction, and an actuation of a bottom-portion of the plurality of linear artificial muscle actuators rotates the rotational rod in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
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