ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,484, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Folded module and portable electronic device including a folded module" was invented by Young Hwan Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Nam Ki Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Bok Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyung Hun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Soon Seok Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folded module is provided. The folded module includes a housing including a first space and a second space, a reflection module disposed in the first space; and a lens module disposed in the second space. A length of the ...