ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,726, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens moving apparatus and camera module including the same" was invented by Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jun Taek Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens moving apparatus is disclosed. The lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin equipped with at least one lens, a coil and a driving magnet arranged opposite to each other for moving the bobbin in an optical axis direction of the lens through interaction therebetween, a first circuit board for supplying electric current required by the coi...