ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,466, issued on June 24, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Lens moving apparatus, camera module and optical appliance including the same" was invented by Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Sang Jun Min (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments provide a lens moving apparatus including a bobbin in which a lens is mounted, a first coil and a magnet configured to electromagnetically interact with each other so as to move the bobbin, a housing configured to accommodate the bobbin therein, an elastic member including an inner frame coupled to the bobbin, an outer frame coupled to the housing...