ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,956, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Lens moving apparatus with a bobbin comprising a groove and elastic members and camera module including the same" was invented by Jae Hong Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Taek Shin (Seoul, South Korea), In Jae Yeo (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin Suk Han (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens moving apparatus, including a bobbin; a first coil mounted at an outer circumference of the bobbin; a first magnet moving the bobbin in a first direction parallel to an optical axis by interaction with the first coil; a housing supporting the first ma...