ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,359, issued on July 14, was assigned to Actutek Corp. (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

"Aperture unit" was invented by Kuo-Chun Kao (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), Meng-Ting Lin (Taoyuan City, Taiwan), I-Mei Huang (Taoyuan City, Taiwan) and Sin-Jhong Song (Taoyuan City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aperture unit having an optical axis is provided, which includes a fixed portion having a first surface and an opening, a guiding element movably connected to the fixed portion and accommodated in the first accommodating space, a first blade movably connected to the guiding element and the fixed portion, and a driving assembly used for driving ...