US Patent 7207489 Scan motor

Patent 7207489 was granted and assigned to Symbol Technologies on April, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Symbol Technologies

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7207489

Date of Patent

April 24, 2007

Patent Application Number

11047240

Date Filed

January 31, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Thien M Le

Patent abstract

Methods and apparatus for providing a relatively miniature injection molded scan motor, for example, for a retroreflective illumination system. An exemplary scan motor comprises a spring module that includes a static substrate and a dynamic substrate coupled together by an injection molded flexible spring. In an embodiment, the spring can be liquid injection molded. The scan motor also comprises a magnet and a reflective element that extends beyond the static substrate and/or the dynamic substrate.