ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,140, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Jaewon Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaekyung Kim (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 having an internal space and an inner surface rolling part provided on an inner surface thereof; a carrier accommodating a lens barrel, and having an outer surface rolling part provided on an outer surface thereof; an autofocus driving part that generates driving power to move the carrier in an optical axis direction; and a rolling memb...