Granted Patent B2

US 12,665,482 · App. 17/809,156 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Inventors: Steven C. Palomino (McKinney, TX); Mikhail Godkin (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: Raytheon Company

H02K41/0358G02B7/1821

Abstract

Claims (47)

1 . An actuator comprising:

a moving magnetic piece;

a bobbin defining a non-straight opening through which the moving magnetic piece moves;

a first wire coil around a first length of the bobbin; and

a second wire coil around a second length of the bobbin.

2 . The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the non-straight opening is a curved opening.

3 . The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the non-straight opening is a kinked opening.

4 . The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the bobbin is an aluminum bobbin.

5 . The actuator of claim 3 , wherein the kinked opening comprises a first straight segment angled in a first direction and a second straight segment angled in a second direction different than the first direction.

6 . The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the first wire coil and the second wire coil are configured to be independently controlled.

7 . The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic piece includes a stack of magnets.

8 . The actuator of claim 7 , wherein the stack of magnets has a curved shape.

9 . The actuator of claim 7 , wherein:

the magnetic piece includes pole pieces on ends of the stack of magnets; and

the magnetic piece includes an additional pole piece between the pole pieces on the ends of the stack.

10 . The actuator of claim 7 , wherein the stack of magnets is a tapered stack of magnets, with magnets varying in width along the stack.

11 . The actuator of claim 10 , wherein the magnets include a narrowest magnet at a free end of the magnetic piece.

12 . The actuator of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic piece includes an arced magnet.

13 . An actuator system comprising:

a first actuator that includes:

a moving magnetic piece;

a bobbin defining a non-straight opening through which the moving magnetic piece moves;

a first wire coil around a first length of the bobbin; and

a second wire coil around a second length of the bobbin; and

a second actuator.

14 . The actuator system of claim 13 , further comprising a third actuator used in combination with the first actuator and the second actuator;

wherein the first actuator, the second actuator, and the third actuator are disposed around a pivot point;

wherein the first actuator is configured to tilt an object in a first direction;

wherein the second actuator is configured to tilt the object in a second direction different from the first direction; and

wherein the third actuator is configured to tilt the object in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction.

15 . The actuator system of claim 13 , wherein the actuator system has the first actuator and the second actuator on opposite sides of a pivot point, the first actuator and the second actuator being a first pair of actuators configured to tilt an object about the pivot point.

16 . The actuator system of claim 15 , further comprising a third actuator and a fourth actuator, the third actuator and the fourth actuator being a second pair of actuators configured to tilt the object about the pivot point;

wherein the first pair of actuators is configured to tilt the object in a first direction;

wherein the second pair of actuators is configured to tilt the object in a second direction; and

wherein the first direction is different from the second direction.

17 . The actuator system of claim 16 , wherein the first direction is perpendicular to the second direction.

18 . The actuator system of claim 16 , wherein:

the first pair of actuators is configured to tilt the object a first range of angles in the first direction; and

the second pair of actuators is configured to tilt the object a second range of angles in the second direction, with the second range of angles different from the first range of angles.

19 . An actuator system comprising:

multiple actuators configured to tilt a mirror;

wherein each of the actuators includes:

a moving magnetic piece;

a bobbin defining a non-straight opening through which the moving magnetic piece moves;

a first wire coil around a first length of the bobbin; and

a second wire coil around a second length of the bobbin.

20 . The actuator system of claim 19 , wherein the first wire coil and the second wire coil are configured to be independently controlled.

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