Patent ID: 11863903
Assignee: THERMOTEKNIX SYSTEMS LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A camera, comprising:
a detector operable to output a signal indicative of light incident upon the detector;
a lensing assembly operable to direct incident light onto the detector, the lensing assembly having an optical axis aligned with the detector; and
a flexure assembly operable to control variation of and the lensing arrangement along the said optical axis so as to vary camera focus, the flexure assembly including:
a fixed portion;
a moving portion spaced apart from the fixed portion;
at least a pair of flexure elements spaced apart from one another and fitted between the first portion and the moving portion, the at least a pair of flexure elements adapted to permit movement of the moving portion relative to the fixed portion along a movement axis and to resist movement of the moving portion relative to the fixed portion along axes other than the movement axis;

wherein the detector is located between the fixed portion and the moving portion and between the pair of flexure elements.