Patent ID: 8111487

Claim:
A device configured for attachment to an actuator, the device comprising: a microactuator including a plurality of solid actuator layers, the microactuator including a base section adapted for attachment to the actuator and a pair of lateral sections that are separated from each other in a lateral direction such that an aperture is disposed between the sections; a plurality of flexible elements attached to the microactuator such that a first of the flexible elements adjoins a first of the lateral sections and a second of the flexible elements adjoins a second of the lateral sections; a rigid body attached to the flexible elements such that the flexible elements are disposed laterally relative to each other and that the rigid body is disposed between the flexible elements; and an electromagnetic transducer that is part of the rigid body, the electromagnetic transducer including a plurality of solid transducer layers; wherein the microactuator, flexible elements and rigid body are all intersected by a plane that extends in the lateral direction, such that actuation of the microactuator causes the electromagnetic transducer to move in the lateral direction.