ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,502, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module and method of manufacturing housing of camera module" was invented by Sangjin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Mansu Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes a lens barrel; a driver configured to move the lens barrel; and a housing in which the lens barrel is disposed, wherein the driver includes a wire layer configured to transmit an electrical signal; a driving circuit part electrically connected to the wire layer; a coil electrically connected to the wire layer; and a magnet el...