US Patent Issued to LG INNOTEK on Sept. 30 for "Lens driving device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,747, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens driving device" was invented by Deok Ki Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Jun Young Lim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Hoon Jun (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present embodiment relates to a lens driving device comprising: a lens barrel; a lens disposed in the lens barrel; and a driving unit disposed in the lens barrel, wherein: the driving unit includes a piezoelectric element expanding or contracting in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis direction of the lens when a voltage is applied thereto, a first member disposed ...