ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,999, issued on May 13, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Camera actuator with moving coils and dynamic flex circuit" was invented by Nicholas D. Smyth (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments include a camera having an actuator with one or more moving coils and a dynamic flex circuit. In some embodiments, the camera may include a movable frame that is fixedly coupled with a lens group or an image sensor. The actuator may be a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator that moves the movable frame relative to one or more stationary structures of the camera. The VCM actuator may include a coil coupled wi...