ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,493, issued on June 17, was assigned to NINGBO SUNNY OPOTECH Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Split camera lens and assembly method thereof, camera module, and terminal device" was invented by Takehiko Tanaka (Zhejiang, China), Zhewen Mei (Zhejiang, China) and Haipeng Pei (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a split camera lens (20) and an assembly method thereof, a camera module (10), and a terminal device (100). The split camera lens (20) includes: a first lens portion (21) including a first optical lens (211), and a second lens portion (22); wherein the first lens portion (21) is assembled on the second lens p...