ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,710, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Insert molded optics holder" was invented by Justin C Brunnett (Danville, Calif.), Martin J Auclair (Campbell, Calif.), Nicholas D Smyth (San Jose, Calif.), Scott W Miller (Los Gatos, Calif.) and Jason T Weaver (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera may include an optical components holder to hold optical components (e.g., one or more lenses and a light folding element) of the camera. The optical components holder may be formed using an insert-molding processor including a metal frame. One portion of the metal frame may form an upper wall o...