ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,457, issued on May 20, was assigned to TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) CO.LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Lens module having a voice coil motor and electronic device" was invented by Shin-Wen Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan), Long-Fei Zhang (Guangdong, China), Kun Li (Guangdong, China) and Hao-Zhong Liu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens module includes a lens assembly, a voice coil motor, a bracket, a circuit board, and a solder block. The voice coil motor includes a pin. The lens assembly is received in the voice coil motor. The bracket is disposed on the voice coil motor. The pin is extending into the recessed area. The br...