Patent ID: 11859598
Assignee: HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 13:
14. An actuator module assembly comprising:
an outer housing made of plastic or metal that is configured receive with one or more bimorph actuators around a perimeter of the outer housing, the bimorph actuators configured to reduce a friction force of a plurality of bimorph actuator arms, wherein each of the plurality of bimorph arms comprising:
a fixed end;
an unfixed, load point end; and
a beam extending between the fixed end and the unfixed, load point end; and

a plurality of bearing elements, each formed in a load point end of a bimorph arm and positioned between the bimorph actuator arm of the plurality of bimorph actuator arms and an outer contact surface of an inner housing.