ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,492, issued on June 10, was assigned to GoPro Inc. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Integrated sensor and lens assembly with post-tuning optical alignment" was invented by Scott Patrick Campbell (Belmont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated image sensor and lens assembly may include a lens barrel, a collet, and a lens mount. The lens barrel may be coupled to the collet which is coupled to the lens mount. The lens barrel and the collet may each include a fastening structure reciprocal to each other. Alternatively, the collet and the lens mount may each include a fastening structure reciprocal to each other. The optical distance b...