ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,146, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens driving device, camera module, and portable device" was invented by Tae Jin Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Taek Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Kap Jin Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Suk Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Jun Min (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present embodiment of the present invention relates to a lens driving device, comprising: a housing; a bobbin disposed in the housing; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet which is disposed on the housing and faces the first coil; a base disposed under the housing...