ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,961, issued on July 21, was assigned to Actutek Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).
"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Ya-Hsiu Wu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed portion, a movable portion, a driving assembly, and a limiting assembly. The movable portion is connected to an optical element with an optical axis, and is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly drives the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The limiting assembly is disposed on the movable portion and is connecte...