ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,578, issued on June 24, was assigned to LARGAN PRECISION Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).

"Variable aperture module, imaging lens module and electronic device" was invented by Chia-Cheng Tsai (Taichung, Taiwan), Hsiu-Yi Hsiao (Taichung, Taiwan), Ming-Ta Chou (Taichung, Taiwan) and Te-Sheng Tseng (Taichung, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable aperture module includes a blade assembly, a positioning element, a driving part and pressing structures. The blade assembly includes movable blades disposed around an optical axis to form a light passable hole with an adjustable size. Each movable blade has a positioning hole and a move...