ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,118, issued on July 8, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Lens driving device, camera module and optical device" was invented by Byung Wook Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyoung Ho Yoo (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a fixed portion; a moving portion; a bobbin; a magnet disposed on any one of the bobbin and fixed portion; a coil disposed on the other one of the bobbin and fixed portion; a support member having one end coupled to the bobbin and the other end coupled to the moving portion; and a shape memory alloy member coupled ...