ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,565, issued on April 29, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Driving mechanism" was invented by Xuan-Huan Su (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ko-Lun Chao (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yu-Chi Kuo (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Yung-Yun Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving mechanism for moving an optical element is provided, including a fixed part, a movable part, movably connected to the fixed part, a positioning structure, and a driving assembly. The optical element is disposed on the movable part, and the positioning structure is formed on the fixed part to restrict the movable part in a specific position relative to the fix...