ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,458, issued on July 28, was assigned to Actutek Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Ying-Jen Wang (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 is provided, which includes a first movable portion, a fixed portion, and a first driving assembly. The first movable portion is used for connecting to a first optical module having an optical axis. The first movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The first driving assembly is used for driving the first movable portion to move relative to the fixed...