ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,717, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Chen-Hung Chao (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Po-Xiang Zhuang (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 is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable part, a fixed part, and a driving assembly. The movable part connects an optical element. The movable part moves relative to the fixed part. The driving assembly drives the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The driving assembly includes a first magnetic el...