ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,395,719, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Sang Hun Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soo Cheol Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kum Kyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jae Man Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a housing unit; a carrier, accommodated in the housing unit, and configured to move in an optical axis direction; a lens module, accommodated in the carrier, and in which one or more lenses are disposed; and a buffer member disposed on a side surface of the carrier, ...