ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,618, issued on May 6, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera actuator and camera module comprising same" was invented by Jun Seok Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Min Ji Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Gwang Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a lens group; a lens support unit for accommodating the lens group; a magnet arranged on the outer surface of the lens support unit; a yoke portion spaced apart from the magnet and arranged to face the magnet; and a coil arranged on the yoke portion so as to be spaced apart from ...