ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,306, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module" was invented by Jong Hyun Park (Seoul, South Korea), Cheol Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Gyung Mok Woo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module comprises: a first body; a second body coupled to a rear surface of the first body; a substrate disposed between the first body and the second body; and a lens module coupled to a front surface of the first body; wherein the first body includes a front plate and a first side plate extending rearward from the first plate, the second body includes a rear plate and a second ...