ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,181, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Lens driving apparatus and camera module including the same" was invented by Ju Ho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sanghyun Ji (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dooseub Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dohwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Donghoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens driving apparatus includes a lens holder having a central opening in which a lens is accommodated, a carrier accommodating the lens holder, an auto focus (AF) driver including a piezoelectric actuator disposed in the carrier, a driving rod ...