US Patent Issued to Samsung Electro-Mechanics on Sept. 1 for "Lens and lens assembly including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,238, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Lens and lens assembly including the same" was invented by Dong Shin Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Gill Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Deok Seok Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens includes an optical portion configured to refract light, and a flange portion extending from the optical portion, wherein a first region having first surface roughness, a second region having second surface roughness, and a third region having third surface roughness are sequentially disposed from the optical portion toward...