ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,636, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens driving device, camera module and optical instrument" was invented by Sung Guk Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Jun Min (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Jin Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module including a first camera module and a second camera module including a second side that faces a first side of the first camera module, wherein the first camera module includes a housing; a bobbin disposed inside the housing; a coil disposed on the bobbin; and a magnet arranged at a side of t...