ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,129, issued on May 5, was assigned to ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Camera module and method for assembling the same" was invented by Cheng-Han Chung (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chen-Chuan Shieh (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes a frame, a camera body, an appearance component, and a transparent cover. The frame includes a first opening. The camera body is disposed in the frame and includes a lens. The first opening corresponds to and exposes the lens. The appearance component is disposed on the frame and includes a second opening corresponding to and exposing the lens and a frami...