ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,047, issued on July 8, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical system" was invented by Pai-Jui Cheng (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Shu-Shan Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Hsiao-Hsin Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Chieh-An Chang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system is provided in the present disclosure, including a fixed portion, a first movable portion, a first driving assembly, a second movable portion, and a second driving assembly. The first movable portion is connected to a first optical element. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly...