ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,398, issued on May 20, was assigned to BEIJING VOYAGER TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Two-axis scanning mirror using piezoelectric drivers and serpentine 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 skeleton on a back surface of the MEMS scanning mirror, a first pair of p...