ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,848, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to CHICONY ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Camera device" was invented by Chien-Yueh Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera device includes a housing, an image-capturing module, a front thermal-conductive element, and two thermal-conductive assembling elements. The housing includes a rear cover. The image-capturing module includes a circuit board, and the circuit board divides the housing into a front space and a rear space. A heating element is on the front surface, and two assembling holes are respectively at two opposite sides of the circuit board. The fr...