ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,459, issued on May 20, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Lens driving device and camera module" was invented by Katsutoshi Suzuki (Fukushima, Japan) and Kiyoyuki Ito (Miyagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving device includes: a fixed member; a lens-retaining member; a guide mechanism; a piezoelectric driving portion; and a pressing member. The lens-retaining member, the guide mechanism, the piezoelectric driving portion, and the pressing member are each configured as described in the specification. The pressing member is formed of a leaf spring member. The pressing member includes: a fixed portion to be...