US Patent Issued to Apple on June 2 for "Fluid-filled camera modules" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,663, issued on June 2, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Fluid-filled camera modules" was invented by Zachary W. Birnbaum (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module for an electronic device includes a module housing that encloses an actuator structure for positioning an element of the camera module, such as an image sensor or a lens element. A flexible seal subdivides an internal volume of the camera module housing into two separate sub-volumes. A first fluid is retained within a first sub-volume between the image sensor and the lens element, and a second fluid is retained within a second sub-vo...