ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,138, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Camera modules with mechanical iris assemblies" was invented by Bin Xu (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Wei Li (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Zhuzhen Ji (Milpitas, Calif.) and Xiao Liao (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments disclosed herein include mechanical iris assemblies, as well as camera modules and devices that incorporate these mechanical iris assemblies. The mechanical iris assemblies described herein include a stator piece, a rotor piece, a set of blade elements, and an actuator arrangement. The actuator arrangement may include a voice coil a...