ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,087, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to JAHWA electronics Co. Ltd. (Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea).
"Actuator for camera" was invented by Hee Seung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyu Min Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator for a camera includes a carrier having a lens mounted thereon and moving in an optical axis direction, a housing accommodating the carrier, a driving magnet provided in the carrier, a coil provided in the housing and facing a side portion of the driving magnet, a ball arranged between a lower portion of the carrier and the housing, and a reinforcing member coupled to the housing ...