ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,032, issued on April 15, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical mechanism" was invented by Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Chen-Hsien Fan (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical mechanism is provided, including an optical member, a fixed portion, and a holder. The optical member has a first optical lens and a second optical lens, wherein the first and second optical lenses define an optical axis, and the first optical lens is larger than the second optical lens. The holder is movably connected to the fixed portion and configured to support the optical member, wherein the holder has an end s...