Patent ID: 8734031

Claim:
A portable electronic device comprising: a camera mount comprising: a camera barrel assembly configured to have a camera affixed thereto, the camera barrel assembly being rotatably coupled with one of a front panel, a rear panel, or a chassis of an enclosure so that the camera is disposed with an aperture facing external to the enclosure; and a set of cantilever springs affixed to one of the front panel, the rear panel, or the chassis of the portable electronic device and biased against the camera barrel assembly, wherein in an unrotated state, the camera barrel assembly is aligned so that the camera is disposed with an aperture of the camera facing external to the portable electronic device and generally normal to a face of the portable electronic device, wherein the set of cantilever springs is biased against the camera barrel assembly to provide rotational friction on the camera barrel assembly, the set of cantilever springs having sufficient compliance to allow the camera to retract into a body of the portable electronic device upon encountering an external force, wherein the set of cantilever springs, when unflexed, lies within a first plane that is parallel to the face of the portable electronic device, said first plane being positioned at a first distance from the face of the portable electronic device, wherein the camera barrel assembly comprises at least one actuation plate mounted to the camera barrel assembly via a plurality of mounting tabs, such that, in the unrotated state, the at least one actuation plate lies in a second plane that is parallel with the face of the portable electronic device, said second plane being positioned at a second distance from the face of the portable electronic device, said second distance being greater than said first distance.