ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,806, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to JAHWA ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Cheongju-si, South Korea).
"Camera actuator and folded zoom camera module comprising same" was invented by Hee Seoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyu Min Lee (Bucheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera actuator comprises: a housing; a driving unit which is loaded in the housing, and which includes a vibration generator generating vibration from an input power source and a shaft vibrating in a first direction by means of the vibration generated by the vibration generator; an optical unit, which implements zoom and auto focusing while being driven...