ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,548, issued on April 14, was assigned to BISON ELECTRONICS INC. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Reduced-height image-capturing module" was invented by Shun-Chou Cheng (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Li-Ying Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a reduced-height image-capturing module, which includes a lens assembly, an image-sensing chip, a carrier base and a circuit substrate. The carrier base has a base body, two extending plate bodies extending and a base groove recessed. A lower portion of the base body enters a through opening of the circuit substrate, and the two extending plate bodi...