ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,325, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Voice coil motor" was invented by Sangjun Min (Seoul, South Korea), Sanghee Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyuneo Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), Seungki Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jinsuk Han (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a cylindrical bobbin for accommodating a lens and protruded at a bottom end with a boss, and a coil block arranged at a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a magnet facing the coil block and a yoke fixing the magnet; and an elastic member inc...