ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,589, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens driving device" was invented by Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment comprises: a housing supporting a first coil; a bobbin supporting a magnet, the bobbin being moved inside the housing in a first direction, which is parallel with an optical axis, by an electromagnetic interaction between the magnet and the first coil; an elastic member coupled to the bobbin and to the housing; a first circuit board electrically connected to the elastic member; a second circuit board arranged below the housing; a second coi...