ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,137, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Aperture module and camera module including the same" was invented by Sungyeon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyungmoon Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aperture module includes a base including a guide slot and a protruding pivot pin; a blade unit including a plurality of blades which pivot to form a first diameter aperture and a second diameter aperture; and an aperture driver including a driving pin that moves along the guide slot. The driving hole includes a first end portion and a second end portion th...