ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,051, issued on July 8, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).
"Lens drive device" was invented by Akira Suzuki (Tokyo) and Shusuke Ichihashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens drive device includes a movable unit, a fixed unit, and a support portion. The movable unit includes a magnet and a lens holder for holding a lens. The fixed unit includes a coil board and a base board. The coil board includes a coil facing the magnet and a coil wiring connected thereto. The base board is disposed opposite to the magnet across the coil board and includes a base wiring and an opening through which the optical axis of the len...