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Victor, NY - Feb. 4, 2008 - New Scale Technologies, Inc.
has received its third US patent for its miniature piezoelectric
SQUIGGLE motors, the company announced today. The patent covers New
Scale's SQUIGGLE motor design improvements in three areas:
- Smaller and more robust electrical interconnections using
high-volume flexible printed circuit (FPC) manufacturing processes.
- A simplified low-power electronic drive method using a
digitally-controlled series LC resonant circuit to reduce power
requirements by 50%.
- A highly miniaturized auto focus and optical zoom module that
integrates two SQUIGGLE motors moving two optical lens groups. This
implementation targets mobile phone camera modules, and is also
applicable to other miniature optical devices such as endoscopes.
Patent # 7,309,943 issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on
December 18, 2007 to inventors David Henderson, Robert Culhane,
Conrad Hoffman, and James Guelzow. It is a continuation-in-part of
Henderson's fundamental SQUIGGLE motor patent #6,940,209 issued in
September 2005.
"This latest patent validates the unique features of our SQUIGGLE
motor technology and reflects our continuing commitment to
high-volume manufacturing, ultra-low power operation and maximum
product miniaturization for our customers," stated David Henderson,
New Scale's founder and co-CEO.
About New Scale Technologies
New Scale Technologies (www.newscaletech.com) designs and manufactures
miniature motion systems for precise movement of optics in imaging applications.
Our simple and elegant products deliver best-in-class performance in consumer
imaging, biometric authentication, surveillance, medical and machine vision
markets. With more than a decade of motion systems innovation, we integrate
piezoelectric micro motors, miniature drive control electronics and precise
mechanical systems. Our customers benefit from complete solutions for rapid
commercialization of their next generation products.
SQUIGGLE is a registered trademark, and TRACKER, New Scale Pathway and UTAF are trademarks of New Scale Technologies, Inc.
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