ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,794, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Voice coil motor" was invented by Seong Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Jun Taek Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A VCM is disclosed, the VCM including a rotor having a first driving unit and arranged therein with a lens, a stator having a second driving unit wrapping the first driving unit and being opposite to the first driving unit, a base supporting the stator and having an opening formed at a position corresponding to that of the lens, a connection terminal including a pair of first and s...