ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,531, issued on April 29, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical member driving mechanism" was invented by Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical member driving mechanism is provided, including a movable portion, a fixed portion, a first driving assembly, and a first intermediate assembly. The movable portion is configured to connect an optical member, and is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is configured to provide a first driving force to move the movable portion relative to the fixed portion. When the first driving assembly drives the movable porti...