Actuator assembly with bearing arrangement and electrical interconnector
AssigneeCambridge Mechatronics Limited
InventorsAndrew Benjamin Simpson Brown, Robin Eddington, Robert Langhorne
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Abstract
An actuator assembly comprising: a support structure (4) comprising a first printed circuit board, PCB (10); an image sensor assembly (12) comprising a second PCB (9) and an image sensor (6) having a light-sensitive region (7), wherein the image sensor assembly (12) is supported on the support structure (4) to allow movement of the image sensor assembly (12) relative to the support structure (4); and an electrical interconnector (51) configured to electrically connect the first PCB (10) to the second PCB (9); wherein the first PCB (10) and the second PCB overlap (9) when viewed along at least one direction in the plane in which the first PCB (10) extends.
Claims20
An actuator assembly comprising:
- a support structure comprising a first printed circuit board (PCB);
- an image sensor assembly comprising a second PCB and an image sensor having a light-sensitive region, wherein the image sensor assembly is supported on the support structure to allow movement of the image sensor assembly relative to the support structure;
- an electrical interconnector configured to electrically connect the first PCB to the second PCB, wherein the first PCB and the second PCB overlap when viewed along at least one direction in the plane in which the first PCB extends;
- a bearing arrangement configured to support the image sensor assembly on the support structure, wherein:
- the bearing arrangement is configured to allow the movement of the image sensor assembly relative to the support structure;
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- the bearing arrangement comprises a plain bearing or a rolling bearing comprising a rolling element disposed between the image sensor assembly and the support structure;
- wherein the electrical interconnector is configured to apply a force biasing the image sensor assembly against the bearing arrangement.
An actuator assembly comprising:
- a support structure comprising a first printed circuit board, PCB;
- an image sensor assembly comprising a second PCB and an image sensor having a light-sensitive region, wherein the image sensor assembly is supported on the support structure to allow movement of the image sensor assembly relative to the support structure;
- an electrical interconnector configured to electrically connect the first PCB to the second PCB;
- wherein the first PCB and the second PCB overlap when viewed along at least one direction in the plane in which the first PCB extends;
- a bearing arrangement configured to support the image sensor assembly on the support structure, wherein the bearing arrangement is configured to allow the movement of the image sensor assembly relative to the support structure, where the bearing arrangement comprises a plain bearing or a rolling bearing comprising a rolling element disposed between the image sensor assembly and the support structure;
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- a magnet arrangement configured to apply a force biasing the image sensor assembly against the bearing arrangement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.