ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,528, issued on April 29, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Kuo-Chun Kao (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Meng-Ting Lin (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Wei-Han Hsia (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Sin-Jhong Song (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 first driving assembly, and a strengthening member. The fixed part includes a first base. The movable part is connected to an optical element with an optical axis. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed part, a...