ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,716, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Ya-Hsiu Wu (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Ying-Jen Wang (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 used for driving an optical element is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a driving assembly, and a support assembly. The driving assembly is used for driving the optical element to move relative to the fixed portion in a first dimension. The optical element is movable relative to the fixed portion through ...