ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,648, issued on June 10, was assigned to CHICONY ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Camera device" was invented by Yi-Sing Jiang (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera device includes a housing, a camera module, and a light-transmitting cover plate. The housing includes a shell plate, and the shell plate has a groove. The cross-section of the groove includes an outer opening, an inner opening, and a conical connection wall. A size of the outer opening is greater than a size of the inner opening, and the conical connection wall is connected between the outer opening and the inner opening. The camera module...