ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,844, issued on May 19, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Lens assembly" was invented by So Mi Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jae Hyuk Huh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and You Jin Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens assembly includes a plurality of lenses including an anti-rotation lens having a flange portion extending along at least a portion of a circumference of the anti-rotation lens, wherein the flange portion includes a first inclined outer surface extending in a first direction from a first outer point on a side surface of the flange portion and a second inclin...