US Patent Issued to TDK TAIWAN on April 29 for "Optical element driving mechanism" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,525, issued on April 29, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Yangmei Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Yi Liang Chan (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 part, a movable part, a driving assembly, and a damping element. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed part. The movable part holds an optical element with an optical axis. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The damping element inhibits shake generated by the movable part. The fi...