ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,463, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module having a buffer unit" was invented by Minsoo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seongcheol Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Taemin Ha (Seoul, South Korea), Seonyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Junghyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical image stabilization OIS unit including a base; a holder module including an outer blade spaced apart from the base, a bobbin disposed in the outer blade, and a spring member connecting the bobbin and the outer blade; a first coil disposed on the bobbin; a magnet configured to move the bo...