ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,628, issued on March 18, was assigned to Beijing Voyager Technology Co. Ltd. (Beijing).
"Methods and apparatuses for improved optical component retention and alignment in a LiDAR system" was invented by Anan Pan (Mountain View, Calif.) and Henghui Jiang (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LiDAR system may include an optical component module including a housing including a plurality of slots and a plurality of posts. A first spring may be coupled to a first post at a first radial orientation so that the first spring extends into a first slot of the plurality of slots. A second identical spring may be coupled to a ...