ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,210, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NIDEC Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Optical unit" was invented by Shogo Tanaka (Kyoto, Japan), Keishi Otsubo (Kyoto, Japan) and Tomohiro Egawa (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical assembly includes a fixed body and a movable body supported swingably with respect to the fixed body, and the movable body includes an optical element including an optical axis, a holder into which the optical element is insertable, a contact portion in the holder and in contact with the fixed body, and an elastic body to press the contact portion toward the fixed body."
The patent was filed on Dec. 22, 2...