US Patent Issued to TDK TAIWAN on July 1 for "Optical element driving mechanism" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,002, issued on July 1, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Ya-Hsiu Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Ying-Jen Wang (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, a first wall, and a first fixed wire gripper. The first wall is extending from the base. The first fixed wire gripper is disposed on the first wall. The movable part includes a holder, and a movable wire gripper. The holder holds an optical element. The movable wire gripper...