ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,546, issued on July 28, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module having ball members between inner sides of first and second magnets" was invented by Bo Sung Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Su Kyeong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Bok Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Nam Ki Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes a lens module including at least one lens, a housing accommodating the lens module, and a driving magnet including first and second magnets disposed on the lens module at an interval. The lens module is supported by the housing wit...