US 12,013,550 B2
Aperture module and camera module
Se Yeon Hwang, Suwon-si (KR); and Seok Hwan Kim, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/179,655.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0139601 (KR), filed on Oct. 26, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0128832 A1, Apr. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2021.01)
CPC G02B 27/646 (2013.01) [G02B 7/021 (2013.01); G02B 7/022 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aperture module, comprising:
a base;
a rotating plate rotatably disposed on the base; and
blades configured to form an incident hole and move linearly along a radial direction of the rotating plate by rotation of the rotating plate to change a size of the incident hole,
wherein the blades are disposed in an opening disposed inside the rotating plate, and
wherein the blades are spaced apart from the rotating plate in the radial direction by the rotation of the rotating plate.