ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,465, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens moving apparatus and camera module including same" was invented by Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Kyoung Ho Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Guk Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jun Taek Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Byung Wook Son (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens moving apparatus, according to one embodiment, comprises: a bobbin having a first coil installed on the outer circumferential surface thereof; a location detection sensor equipped to the bobbin; a housing in which the bobbin is provide...