ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,740, issued on June 30, 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), Jongeun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sanghyun Ji (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dooseub Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dohwan Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Donghoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aperture module includes a base plate configured to have a central opening and include a pivot pin protruding from one corner area of the base plate, a pair of first blades configured to pivot about the pivot pin ...