ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,005, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module" was invented by Won Seob Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Tae Young Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module according to an embodiment includes a circuit board including a cavity; a reinforcing plate including a first region corresponding to the cavity and a second region in which the circuit board is disposed; a wire part disposed in the first region of the reinforcing plate; and an image sensor disposed on the wire part, wherein a lower surface of the image sensor is in direct contact with the wire part, and...