ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,970, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Camera module and electronic device comprising same" was invented by Dong Sung Hur (Suwon-si, South Korea), Young Bok Yu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyun-Ho Yu (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Young Jae Hwang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera module includes an optical assembly, a first actuator configured to actuate the optical assembly in a first direction, the first actuator including a first carrier, a guide configured to guide the first carrier, and a shock absorber provided in the first carrier and configured to r...