ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,137, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Camera module and electronic device" was invented by Huacong Li (Dongguan, China), Ze Yang (Dongguan, China) and Yunfa He (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module and an electronic device are provided. The camera module includes a housing including an accommodating cavity; a lens assembly movably disposed in the accommodating cavity; a circuit board connected to the lens assembly; a support plate. At least a part of the support plate is movably disposed in the accommodating cavity. The lens assembly and the circuit boar...