ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,898, issued on July 8, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Ranging device" was invented by Koki Hayashi (Kariya, Japan), Kunihiko Hayashi (Kariya, Japan) and Kouhei Tooyama (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a ranging device, a mirror support has a pair of deflection mirrors installed on both surfaces. A pair of partition plates are installed to bookend the pair of deflection mirrors and the mirror support in a direction normal to the reflective surfaces of the deflection mirrors. A clip grips and secures the pair of deflection mirrors, the mirror support, and the pair of partition plates. A motor rotates these...