US Patent Issued to Samsung Electro-Mechanics on Feb. 17 for "Aperture module and camera module including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,179, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Aperture module and camera module including the same" was invented by Ju Ho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sanghyun Ji (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dooseub Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Donghoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dohwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jongeun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aperture module includes a reference plate, including a protruded pivot pin; a first-stage blade unit including a pair of first blades forming a first-diameter aperture having a diameter smaller than that of the c...