ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,778, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Lens actuator and camera module including same" was invented by Jae Woo Jun (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yun Kyoung Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens actuator includes: a lens barrel accommodating one or more lenses; and a driving unit to move the lens barrel along an optical axis direction. The driving unit includes a driving wire, at least a portion of which is extended in the optical axis direction, and a length of which is changed as voltage is applied thereto, and a driving transmission unit conne...