ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,941, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Camera module" was invented by Kazuma Yamaguchi (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes at least one lens, a camera substrate, a lens holder and a joining member. The lens holder is formed of a material not transparent to visible light, and has a lens-holding part and a base part. The lens-holding part is formed in a tubular shape and holds the at least one lens therein. The base part is also formed in a tubular shape and located closer to the camera substrate than the lens-holding part is in an optical axis direction. The joining mem...