Patent ID: 8325229

Claim:
A camera system comprising: a circuit board; a slip ring having a stator connected to the circuit board and a rotor, the rotor having pins and being rotatable with respect to the stator; a camera lens module; a flexible flat cable having a first end electrically connected to the pins, a bend adjacent the first end; a second end electrically connected to the camera lens module, and a flexible tilt region located between the bend and the second end, the flexible tilt region being bendable along a length when the camera lens module tilts; and an anti-rotation arm having a tab configured to be received in a slot of a bracket coupled to the camera lens module, the anti-rotation arm connected to the rotor and in contact with the first end of the flexible flat cable and received in the bend of the flexible flat cable, the anti-rotation arm including recesses to receive the pins and preventing a twist of the flexible flat cable during panning of the camera lens module.