ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,668, issued on March 18, was assigned to BEIJING VOYAGER TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Beijing).
"Two-axis scanning mirror using piezoelectric drivers and looped torsion springs" was invented by Youmin Wang (Berkeley, Calif.), Yufeng Wang (Mountain View, Calif.), Kong Yin Ho (Mountain View, Calif.) and Gary Li (Mountain View, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure provide a scanning mirror assembly. In certain configurations, the scanning mirror assembly may include a two-dimensional micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) scanning mirror, a first pair of piezoelectric electrodes coupled to the MEMS scanning mirror...