Patent ID: 9004787
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G02B,G03B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device comprising; a structure; a generally planar outer frame that defines a plane; an actuator having a generally planar movable frame and a generally planar fixed frame, wherein, in an undeployed position, the outer frame, the movable frame, and the fixed frame are coplanar, and wherein, in a deployed position, the actuator comprises a portion that extends from the plane of the outer frame at an angle with respect thereto; and a hinge flexure attaching the outer frame to the movable frame such that the movable frame rotates between positions respectively non-coplanar with the fixed frame and coplanar with the fixed frame when the hinge flexure bends; and wherein the structure limits a movement of the movable frame.