ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,659, issued on May 13, was assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Aperture module and camera module including the same" was invented by Jaewoo Jun (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aperture module includes a rotating plate, seated on a base having a center opening, configured to rotate about an optical axis; an aperture driver including a moving member coupled to the rotating plate, wherein the moving member is configured to linearly reciprocate; and a plurality of blades stacked as at least two stages on the rotating plate, disposed non-overlapping to each other on the respect...