ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,644, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Lens module" was invented by Shu-Shan Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens module is provided. The lens module includes a first optical element, a first moveable unit, a base and a first driving module. The first optical element is disposed on the first moveable unit. The first driving module is disposed on the base. The first driving module is connected to the first moveable unit. The first driving module is adapted to move the first moveable unit relative to the base."

The patent was filed on J...