ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,052, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Su Kyeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Nam Ki Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bo Sung Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Soo Cheol Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Je Ho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes a housing having an internal space; a carrier disposed in the internal space; a lens module disposed in the carrier; a guide frame disposed between the carrier and the lens module; a first ball member and a second ball member disposed between the housing and the ca...