ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,539, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NIDEC SANKYO Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Optical unit" was invented by Shinji Minamisawa (Nagano, Japan) and Takeshi Sue (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical unit comprises a movable body, a fixed body, a rotation support mechanism, and a gimbal mechanism, in which the movable body has a first side surface, a second side surface, a third side surface, and a fourth side surface as movable-body side surfaces, the first side surface positioning on an opposite side to the third side surface, and the second side surface positioning on an opposite side to the fourth side surface, a fl...