ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,511, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens driving mechanism, camera module, and optical device" was invented by Jae Keun Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Min Ha (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention relates to a camera module comprising: a housing; a bobbin arranged inside the housing; a first magnet arranged on the bobbin; a first coil arranged in the housing and facing the first magnet; a plurality of lenses attached to the bobbin; and an iris unit coupled to the bobbin, wherein the plurality of lenses comprises a first lens and a sec...