Patent ID: 11895386
Assignee: APPLE INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A system, comprising:
an actuator configured to move cause relative movement between a lens group and an image sensor along multiple axes, wherein the lens group is included in a folded optics arrangement that is configured to fold a path of light, and wherein the lens group includes one or more lens elements; and
a bearing suspension arrangement comprising stages configured to move on ball bearings to allow for the relative movement along the multiple axes, wherein for motion along individual ones of the multiple axes, a respective set of the ball bearings is engaged, wherein the respective sets of ball bearings differ from one another;
wherein the actuator comprises:
stationary coils attached to a base structure; and
magnets that are moveable relative to the stationary coils, respective ones of the magnets attached to respective ones of the stages such that the magnets and coils are capable of magnetically interacting with each other to produce Lorentz forces that move the stages along the multiple axes.