ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,953, issued on July 7, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Imager module for a camera or a sensor" was invented by Andreas Moehrle (Stuttgart, Germany), Moritz Winkler (Waldbronn, Germany) and Nikolai Bauer (Moeglingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imager module for a camera or a sensor. The imager module includes a housing, a sensor carrier which is fixedly connected to the housing and on which an imaging sensor is arranged, a lens, and a holding member using which the lens is held in place and is oriented relative to the imaging sensor. The holding member has a flat portion, which is eccentric in re...