ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,618, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to JAHWA ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

"Camera actuator" was invented by Jae Yong Go (Chungju-si, South Korea), Seok Hyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Tae Kim (Cheongju-si, South Korea) and Hong Seong Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera actuator is provided. The camera actuator according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a housing; and AF carrier which is mounted in the housing and moves in an optical-axis direction; an OIS carrier which is mounted in the AF carrier and moves in a direction perpendicular to the optical-a...