ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,855, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TDK TAIWAN CORP. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Optical member driving mechanism" was invented by Kai-Po Fan (Taoyuan, Taiwan), Wei-Jhe Shen (Taoyuan, Taiwan) and Yi-Ho Chen (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical member driving mechanism is provided, including a movable portion, a fixed portion, a driving assembly, and a guiding assembly. The movable portion is configured to connect an optical member, and is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is configured to drive the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion, and the movable portion moves relative...