ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,738, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Voice coil motor" was invented by Seongmin Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sangok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sangjun Min (Seoul, South Korea), Kyoungho Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), Taejin Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Taemin Ha (Seoul, South Korea) and Seungki Kim (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 lens-accommodating, both ends opened cylindrical bobbin and a coil block including a coil wound on a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a cylindrical yoke formed wit...