ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,790, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens driving unit, and camera module and optical apparatus including same" was invented by Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Jun Min (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Jin Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment comprises a housing, a bobbin disposed inside the housing, a first coil disposed on the bobbin, a first magnet disposed in the housing, an upper elastic member coupled to the bobbin and the housing, a circuit substrate disposed under the housing, a base which is disposed under the circuit substrate and includes a f...