US Patent Issued to New Shicoh Motor on Sept. 30 for "Lens driving device, camera device, and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,707, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to New Shicoh Motor Co. Ltd. (Jiashan, China).

"Lens driving device, camera device, and electronic apparatus" was invented by Kazuyoshi Hagiwara (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving device, a camera device, and an electronic apparatus are provided in which variation is not liable to occur in a friction coefficient of a guide mechanism. A lens driving device 12 includes a guide mechanism 38 configured to guide movement of a lens. The guide mechanism 38 includes a first member formed with guide projections 44, 48 and a second member conned with guide grooves 46, 50 in whi...