ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,793, issued on June 17, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Actuator for camera" was invented by Kyung Hun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator for a camera includes a housing having an internal space; a first carrier accommodated in the housing; a second carrier accommodated in the first carrier; and an image sensor fixed relative to the second carrier, wherein the first carrier and the second carrier are configured to move together in a direction parallel to an imaging plane of the image sensor, and wherein the second carrier is configured to move relative to...