ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,888, issued on April 14, was assigned to Coretronic Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Lens module and projection device" was invented by Mi-Wen Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens module includes a lens fixing device and a base. The lens fixing device includes: a lens holder, a lens, a plurality of elastic sheets, and a shielding sheet. The lens is assembled on the lens holder. The plurality of elastic sheets is locked on the lens holder and pressed around an edge of the lens. The shielding sheet is arranged on at least one of the plurality of elastic sheets, and is located on a transmission path of an excitation l...