US Patent Issued to JAHWA electronics on June 30 for "Hybrid actuator for zoom driving" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,674, issued on June 30, was assigned to JAHWA electronics Co. Ltd. (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).

"Hybrid actuator for zoom driving" was invented by Je Seung Yeon (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea), In Su Kang (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea), Hyeon Ik Cho (Daegu, South Korea) and Jae Seon Lee (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid zoom drive actuator includes a first carrier having a first lens attached thereto, a second carrier located anterior or posterior to the first carrier along the optical axis and having a second lens attached thereto, a housing enclosing the first and second carriers, a fir...