ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,622, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NIDEC INSTRUMENTS Corp. (Nagano, Japan).
"Optical unit" was invented by Shinji Minamisawa (Nagano, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical unit includes a movable body, a fixed body, and a gimbal mechanism. The gimbal mechanism includes a flat plate portion on an opposite subject side with respect to the movable body, two fixed body-side arm portions extending from base end portions to tip end portions in a first intersecting direction, and two movable body-side arm portions extending from base end portions to tip end portions in a second intersecting direction, the fixed body-side arm ...