ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,399, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ASMPT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. (Singapore).
"Camera module assembly" was invented by Keng Yew Song (Singapore) and Yue Zhang (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera unit assembly which improves efficiency and quality of the soldering affixing lens holder and circuit board modules by providing partially occluded throughbores within a mounting part of the lens holder module, which can accommodate a solder ball, and into which soldering energy can be imparted allowing the solder ball to melt and at least partially flow from the bottom of the throughbore and onto a pad of the circuit board."...