ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,247, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Lens driving apparatus and camera module including the same" was invented by Ho-Jae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seok Hwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yeook Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving apparatus is provided. The lens driving apparatus includes a first frame which accommodates a lens; a driver, connected to the first frame, and configured to generate a driving force to move the first frame in a first direction; and a group of rolling members that include at least one multi-layered rolling...