ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,853, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Optical element driving mechanism" was invented by Ya-Hsiu Wu (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Ying-Jen Wang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Sin-Jhong Song (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical element driving mechanism used for driving an optical element is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a fixed portion and a driving assembly. The driving assembly is used for driving the optical element to move relative to the fixed portion in a first dimension."

The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 2022, under Application No. 18/089,...