Patent ID: 11867160
Assignee: HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a bimorph actuator base;
at least two bimorph actuators each connected to the bimorph actuator base, the at least two bimorph actuators comprising at least a first bimorph actuator disposed at the bimorph actuator base oriented in a first direction and a second bimorph actuator disposed at the bimorph actuator base oriented in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of the at least two bimorph actuators comprising:
a shape memory alloy material; and
a beam electrically coupled to the shape memory alloy material, wherein each of the at least two bimorph actuators are attached to the bimorph actuator base at a first end of the beam, a second end of the beam opposite the first end is configured to be unfixed; and

a moving carriage coupled to each of the at least two bimorph actuators.