ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,631, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Shu-Shan Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Pai-Jui Cheng (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 and includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, and a driving assembly. The movable assembly is configured to be connected to an optical element and is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable assembly to move along a first a...