ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,257, issued on July 14, was assigned to PEGATRON Corp. (Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Optical module" was invented by Chi-Yao Chao (Taipei City, Taiwan), Che-Wei Hsu (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chien-Chung Chueh (Taipei City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module includes a first lens assembly including a first lens holder and a first lens fixed to the first lens holder, a second lens assembly, and an adjustment member. The first lens holder has at least one guiding inclined groove having a first stroke end and a second stroke end. In a direction parallel to an optical axis of the first lens, a stroke difference is provided ...