ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,177, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Yung-Yun Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Yu-Chi Kuo (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Xuan-Huan Su (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical element driving mechanism, which drives an optical element, includes a fixed portion, a first movable portion, and a driving assembly. The first movable portion is moved relative to the fixed portion, and the driving assembly drives the first movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The first movable portion is moved in a first dimension relative to the fixed p...