ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,289,524, issued on April 29, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Driving mechanism for moving image sensor" was invented by Chen-Chi Kuo (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Sin-Jhong Song (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor driving mechanism includes a fixed assembly, a movable assembly, and a driving assembly. The movable assembly includes a circuit component. The circuit component includes a circuit main body and a movable suspension arm. The circuit main body is configured to hold an image sensor. The movable suspension arm is elastically connected to the circuit main body an...