ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,765, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to ZHONGSHAN UNION OPTECH RESEARCH INSTITUTE Co. LTD. (Zhongshan, China).

"Magnetic structure of voice coil motor, voice coil motor, zoom lens and photographic equipment" was invented by Junqiang Gong (Zhongshan, China), Meijiao Zhao (Zhongshan, China), Shengping Qiu (Zhongshan, China), Kun Li (Zhongshan, China), Minde Li (Zhongshan, China) and Hao Wang (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a magnetic structure of a voice coil motor, a voice coil motor, a zoom lens and a photographic equipment. The magnetic structure of the voice coil motor is applied on a zoom lens and in...