ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,713, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to ACTUTEK Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Optical module" was invented by Ya-Hsiu Wu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Chih-Wen Chiang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module is provided, including a fixed portion, a movable portion, and a driving component. The movable portion is connected with an optical element. The driving component is configured to drive the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is movable within a range of motion relative to the fixed portion."

The patent was filed on March 1, 2024...