ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,216, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module having a portion of a substrate disposed between a light source and a heat sink" was invented by Min Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module including a substrate having a first region, a second region disposed upper than the first region, and a first connection part connecting the first region and the second region; a lens unit disposed on the first region of the substrate and including a lens; a heat sink part disposed on the first region of the substrate; and a light source element disposed on the second ...