ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,983, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Electronic module and apparatus" was invented by Koji Noguchi (Tokyo), Satoru Higuchi (Tokyo) and Mitsutoshi Hasegawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic module includes a rigid printed circuit member having a first electrode, a flexible printed wiring member having a second electrode, and a solder member having first, second, and third portions. A first direction is perpendicular to, and a second direction is parallel to, a joined surface between the first electrode and the solder member. In the first direction, a second region of the first elec...