US Patent Issued to NEW SHICOH MOTOR on July 1 for "Optical element driving device, camera device and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,950, issued on July 1, was assigned to NEW SHICOH MOTOR Co. LTD (Yamato, Japan).

"Optical element 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 camera device is described that includes a prism driving device for driving a prism, a lens driving device for driving a lens body, and a base for fixing an image sensor. These components stand in order in a straight line in a case. The prism driving device has a driving portion and a flexible printed circuit board for relaying current supply from an external portion to the driving portion. Terminals of t...