US Patent Issued to MITSUMI ELECTRIC on May 6 for "Camera actuator, camera module, and camera mount device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,679, issued on May 6, was assigned to MITSUMI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Camera actuator, camera module, and camera mount device" was invented by Masahiro Saito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera actuator is configured to include: a fixed-side member; a movable-side member disposed separated from the fixed-side member in a direction orthogonal to a light axis, the movable-side member holding a lens unit; a first lens drive actuator that displaces the movable-side member in at least a prescribed direction; an elastic support member that extends in the direction orthogonal to the light axis, and supports the movable-side m...