ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,682, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Variable aperture, camera module, and electronic device" was invented by Dengfeng Li (Dongguan, China) and Xiangyang Hu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable aperture, a camera module, and an electronic device are provided. The variable aperture includes a base, a fixed plate connected to the base, a rotation plate disposed around the fixed plate, a plurality of blades rotatively connected to the fixed plate and the rotation plate, a first SMA wire, and a second SMA wire. The first SMA wire or the second SMA wire is configure...