ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,049, issued on July 8, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
"Optical component driving mechanism" was invented by Wei-Jhe Shen (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Kai-Po Fan (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical component driving mechanism is provided. The optical component driving mechanism includes a first holder, a fixed portion, a first driving assembly, and a support assembly. The first holder is connected to a first optical component having an optical axis. The first holder is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the first hol...