US Patent Issued to NEW SHICOH MOTOR on Feb. 11 for "Lens driving device, camera device and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,630, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to NEW SHICOH MOTOR Co. LTD (Zhejiang, China).

"Lens driving device, camera device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Noriyuki Washio (Yamato, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving device is described that includes a base in which metal members are embedded, a circuit board arranged on the base, and suspension wires electrically connected to driving sources for moving the lens body with respect to the base. The metal members are electrically joined and fixed to the circuit board and the suspension wires at positions different from each other when viewed from an up-down directi...