ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,313, issued on July 21, was assigned to Actutek Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).
"Piezoelectric driving mechanism" was invented by Pai-Jui Cheng (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Shu-Shan Chen (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving mechanism is provided that includes a fixed assembly, a movable part, and a driving module. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The driving module is configured to drive the movable part to move relative to the fixed assembly. When viewed in a first axis, the driving module is disposed between the fixed assembly and the movable part."
The patent was filed on March 28,...