US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on Oct. 27 for "Module driving device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,194, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Module driving device" was invented by Junichiro Yokota (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A module driving device includes a module holder configured to hold an optical module including a lens body and an imaging element; a connection member connected to the module holder such that the module holder is rockable about a first axial line that crosses an optical-axis direction; a fixed-side member connected to the connection member such that the connection member is rockable about a second axial line that crosses the optical-axis direction and is perpendi...