US Patent Issued to New Shicoh Motor on June 17 for "Lens driving device, camera device and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,496, issued on June 17, was assigned to New Shicoh Motor Co. Ltd. (Zhejiang, China).

"Lens driving device, camera device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Kei Onodera (Yamato, Japan), Tomoyoshi Yano (Yamato, Japan) and Kazuhiko Naito (Yamato, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving device includes a lens holding portion, a driving shaft, a vibration member, and a spring member. The vibration member is connected to one end of the driving shaft and causes the driving shaft to micro-vibrate. The spring member is fixed to the lens holding portion and includes a grip portion that sandwiches and grasps the driving shaft...