ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,129, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SINTAI OPTICAL (SHENZHEN) Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China) and ASIA OPTICAL Co. INC. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Lens assembly" was invented by Hsi-Ling Chang (Taichung, Taiwan) and Chien-Hung Chen (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lens assembly includes a lens unit and a first reflective element. The lens unit includes a plurality of lenses and the back focal length of the lens unit is longer than the total length of the lens unit. The first reflective element includes a first surface, a first prism surface, and a bottom surface, and the first prism surface connects the first surface and t...