ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,533, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical component driving mechanism" was invented by Chao-Hsi Wang (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chao-Chang Hu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Chih-Wei Weng (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Xuan-Huan Su (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical driving mechanism is provided, including a first movable portion, a fixed portion, a first driving assembly, and a limiting assembly. The first movable portion is connected to the optical component. The fixed portion has an opening. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is config...