ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,290, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic device with camera module and sliding assembly" was invented by Dongwoo Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device may include a housing; a support member disposed inside the housing and including a first hole and a second hole in which a rail is formed in a longitudinal direction toward the first hole; a camera module installed in the support member; and a sliding assembly installed in the second hole to be slidable along the rail. The sliding assembly may include a first sliding member inst...