ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,746, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Radiographing apparatus" was invented by Yohei Saito (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a sensor panel that converts incident radiation to an electric signal, a tabular metallic base plate including a front surface where the sensor panel is supported and a region where the tabular metallic base plate has a basic thickness, a circuit board disposed on a rear surface of the tabular metallic base plate, the rear surface being opposite to the front surface, wherein a thickness of the tabular metallic base plate in a region wher...