ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,483,790, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Actuator for camera and camera module including the same" was invented by Jaewoo Jun (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes: a base; first, second, and third moving frames stacked on the base; an image sensor mounted on the first moving frame; a first sensor driving portion including first frame driving members and first shape memory alloy wires disposed outside an edge of the first moving frame to drive the first moving frame in a first direction perpendicular to the optical axis; a second sensor d...