ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,428, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Pai-Jui Cheng (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 element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed assembly, a movable part, a driving assembly, and a coupling assembly. The movable part is configured to be connected to an optical element. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable part ...