ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,056, issued on July 8, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Mechanical assembly for camera systems" was invented by Gregory Cartagena (New York), Dincer Bozkaya (Andover, Mass.), Sara Jean Woo (Andover, Mass.) and Caroline Anne Keely (Wakefield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques and apparatus for mechanical assembly of an imaging device are described. An example image sensor assembly disposed within an imaging device includes a circuit board, an image sensor disposed on the circuit board, and an optics holder. The optics holder includes a support location, a thermally conductive material, and a plurality ...