ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,643, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Changzhou AAC Raytech Optronics Co. Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Lens drive device" was invented by Feng Yan (Shenzhen, China) and Suohe Wei (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The lens drive device provided according to the present disclosure includes a lens having an optical axis, a lens holder supporting the lens, an image stabilization frame, a base, and a drive component. The lens holder is elastically supported inside the image stabilization frame by a first elastic sheet, and the image stabilization frame is elastically supported on the base in the direction along the optical axis...