ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,353, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens moving apparatus" was invented by Jae Hong Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Taek Shin (Seoul, South Korea), In Jae Yeo (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Hee Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Suk Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung Cheol Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens moving apparatus includes a bobbin on which a first coil is disposed, a first magnet disposed around the bobbin to face the first coil, and a housing, which is disposed to surround at least a portion of the bobbin and has a first magnet mounting seat, which receives ...