ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,624, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Camera module with reinforced lens driving device" was invented by Su Kyeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Soo Cheol Lim (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 lens barrel configured to accommodate a lens; a barrel holder coupled to the lens barrel; a driving device configured to drive the barrel holder; and a first reinforcing member integrated with the barrel holder, and configured to support a driving magnet of the driving device, wherein the first reinforci...