US Patent Issued to MITSUMI ELECTRIC on Sept. 9 for "Optical actuator, camera module, and camera-mounted device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,861, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MITSUMI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Optical actuator, camera module, and camera-mounted device" was invented by Tomohiko Osaka (Tokyo) and Yohei Enta (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical actuator that comprises an inside holder that can hold an optical path bending member, an outside holder supporting the inside holder such that the inside holder can pivot around a first axis, and a drive unit making the inside holder pivot. Either end part of the inside holder is rotatably supported on the outside holder. The drive unit has: an ultrasonic motor supported on the outside holder, and...