ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,944, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Hsiao-Hsin Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical element driving mechanism is provided, including a fixed part, a movable part, and a driving assembly. The fixed part includes a base. The base corresponds to an optical module. The movable part is connected to an optical element. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed part. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The ba...