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

Claim 24:
25. 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 the displacement between the detector and the lensing arrangement along the said optical axis so as to vary camera focus, the flexure assembly including:
a fixed portion located entirely on a first side of the optical axis;
a moving portion spaced apart from the fixed portion and located entirely on a second side of the optical axis, the second side being opposite the first side;
at least one flexure element fitted between the first portion and the moving portion, the at least one flexure element 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.