ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,642, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Camera module" was invented by Se Yeon Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyung Ho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seok Hwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seung Jae Song (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes: a housing defining an internal space; a first lens module disposed in the internal space to move along an optical axis direction, the first lens module including at least one first bearing member; a second lens module disposed in the internal space to move along the optical axis direction, th...