US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on Sept. 16 for "Lens mounting apparatus and projector" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,851, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Lens mounting apparatus and projector" was invented by Ya Chen (Guangdong, China) and Chen Chen (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens mounting apparatus includes a base including an opening, wherein a lens including a connection part is inserted and attached, an annular frame including a notch provided on a part of an outer periphery, a socket electrically connected to the connection part of the lens, and a first elastic member provided to urge the socket from the outer periphery toward a center of the annu...