ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,590, issued on May 13, was assigned to Corephotonics Ltd. (Tel Aviv, Israel).
"Linear ball guided voice coil motor for folded optic" was invented by Gil Bachar (Tel Aviv, Israel), Itay Yedid (Tel Aviv, Israel), Gal Shabtay (Tel Aviv, Israel), Ephraim Goldenberg (Tel Aviv, Israel), Gal Avivi (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Itay Jerby (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Actuators for carrying and actuating a lens having a first optical axis, the lens receiving light folded from a second optical axis substantially perpendicular to the first optical axis, comprising first and second VCM engines coupled to the lens and first and secon...