ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,197, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Robust mounting for folded optics assembly" was invented by Justin C Brunnett (San Ramon, Calif.), Nicholas D Smyth (San Jose, Calif.), Hiran R Rathnasinghe (Lemon Grove, Calif.), Reynaldo Vincent H Sta Agueda (Singapore), Wai Shing Sin (Singapore) and Julien C Vittu (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera includes a base housing an image sensor. The base is adhered to an optics holder that holds optical components of the camera. The optics holder is located in a recess of the base component and includes a horizontal flange extending outward from...