ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,303, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Lens holder driving apparatus" was invented by Katsutoshi Suzuki (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens holder driving apparatus includes a fixed member; a lens holder configured to hold a lens body; a shaft member provided on the fixed member and extending along an optical axis direction so as to guide the lens holder; a piezoelectric driver including a piezoelectric element and configured to move the lens holder along the optical axis direction by a movement of the piezoelectric element; a receiving member provided on the lens holder; and a pre...