ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,397, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH Co. LTD (Zhejiang, China).

"Camera module having driving assembly" was invented by Bojie Zhao (Yuyao, China), Linmin Ye (Yuyao, China), Jiayao Que (Yuyao, China), Yinli Fang (Yuyao, China), Zhen Huang (Yuyao, China), Qiang Fu (Yuyao, China), Chao Hong (Yuyao, China) and Dongli Yuan (Yuyao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a camera module, which uses a new piezoelectric actuator as a driving element to meet the driving requirement of the camera module. Specifically, the camera module uses the new piezoelectric actuator as the driving element to move an optic...