ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,658, issued on May 13, was assigned to Huawei Technologies'Co.'Ltd.' (Shenzhen, China).

"Aperture, camera module, and electronic device" was invented by Kuni Lee (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application provides for an aperture, a camera module, and an electronic device. The aperture includes a base, a carrier base, a driving part, a resilient sheet, and a plurality of blades. A first optical hole for light to pass through is formed on the base. Each blade is hingedly coupled to the base, and the plurality of blades are distributed annularly around the first optical hole. A light entry hole that is formed by t...