Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Coupling schemes for gimbaled scanning mirror arrays
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Application No.: US14599507Application Date: 2015-01-18
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Publication No.: US09715107B2Publication Date: 2017-07-25
- Inventor: Yuval Gerson , Naftali Chayat , Noel Axelrod , Alexander Shpunt
- Applicant: APPLE INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee: APPLE INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: D. Kligler IP Services Ltd.
- Main IPC: G02B26/10
- IPC: G02B26/10 ; G01S17/10 ; G01S17/42 ; G01S7/481 ; G02B26/08 ; B81C1/00 ; G01S17/89

Abstract:
A scanning device includes a substrate, which is etched to define an array of two or more parallel rotating members and a gimbal surrounding the rotating members. First hinges connect the gimbal to the substrate and defining a first axis of rotation, about which the gimbal rotates relative to the substrate. Second hinges connect the rotating members to the support and defining respective second, mutually-parallel axes of rotation of the rotating members relative to the support, which are not parallel to the first axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160178895A1 COUPLING SCHEMES FOR GIMBALED SCANNING MIRROR ARRAYS Public/Granted day:2016-06-23
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