ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,103, issued on March 31, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Camera module" was invented by Sun Min Hwang (Seoul, South Korea) and Je Kyung Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module comprises: a lens holder including side parts and a top part having an opening; a lens module coupled to the lens holder; and a substrate, which is coupled to the lens holder and has an image sensor arranged thereon, wherein the lens module has a first protrusion part arranged under the top part of the lens holder, and includes a first coupling member for coupling the first protrusion part to the top p...