ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,219,338, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Actuator module with improved damage resistance" was invented by Neil John Harris (Los Altos, Calif.), Timothy A. Gladwin (Mountain View, Calif.), Rajiv Bernard Gomes (San Jose, Calif.), Anthony King (San Jose, Calif.) and Jason David Walker (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator module includes a base plate extending in a plane, a voice coil connected to the base plate, and a magnet assembly that includes a back side facing the base plate and a front side facing away from the base plate. The magnet assembly includes a base layer and...