US Patent Issued to CANON on Aug. 12 for "Image blur correction device having image blur-correcting function" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,239, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Image blur correction device having image blur-correcting function" was invented by Go Naito (Kawasaki, Japan) and Masafumi Kimura (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image blur correction device that forms a strong rolling surface on a movable member having a resin part and is improved in strength of the movable member. The image blur correction device includes a fixed member, rolling balls, and the movable member that includes a sheet metal member and the resin part molded integrally with the sheet metal member, holds an image capture device, and is movable...