ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,248, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lens moving apparatus, and camera module and optical instrument comprising same" was invented by Sang Ok Park (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Jun Min (Seoul, South Korea) and Byung Wook Son (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment comprises: a housing comprising side parts, a first corner part, a second corner part, a third corner part, and a fourth corner part, in which each of the first corner part, the second corner part, the third corner part and the fourth corner is disposed between two adjacent side parts; a bobbin disposed in th...