ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,780, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Lens holder driving device" was invented by Katsutoshi Suzuki (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens holder driving device includes a first piezoelectric driver configured to move a first lens holder along an optical-axis direction based on the movement of a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric driver configured to move a second lens holder along the optical-axis direction based on the movement of a second piezoelectric element. The first lens holder includes a portion (first left-bearing portion) near a first shaft member and ...