ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,240, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SHENZHEN GUANGYI TECH Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Electrochromic aperture and manufacturing method therefor, and lens module having electrochromic aperture" was invented by Kun Wang (Guangdong, China) and Jiazhi He (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochromic aperture, which comprises a first transparent substrate (11), a first transparent conductive layer (12), an ion storage layer (13), an ion transfer layer (14), an electrochromic layer (15), a second transparent conductive layer (16), and a second transparent substrate (17). The ion transfer layer (14) is a solid ele...