ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,802, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MITSUMI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Lens driving device and camera module" was invented by Tomohiko Osaka (Tokyo) and Norikazu Kudo (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving device includes a lens holder, a housing for containing the lens holder therein, a support mechanism for supporting the lens holder so that the lens holder can be driven in an optical axis direction of two optical systems, and a driving mechanism including a coil provided on the lens holder and a magnet provided on the housing for providing driving force driving the lens holder in the optical axis direction. The le...