ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,697, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) Co. LTD. (Shenzhen City, China) and ASIA OPTICAL Co. INC. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Lens assembly" was invented by Hsi-Ling Chang (Taichung, Taiwan), Guo-Yang Wu (Taichung, Taiwan), Chien-Hung Chen (Taichung, Taiwan) and Ming-Huang Tseng (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens assembly includes a first, second, third, and fourth in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens is a meniscus lens with positive refractive power and includes a convex surface facing the object side and a concave surface facing the image side. T...