ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,160, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Liang-Ting Ho (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 includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, a moving portion, a first driving assembly and a second driving assembly. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The moving portion is connected to an optical element having an optical axis, and is movable relative to the movable portion. The first driving assembly drives the m...