ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,865, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DISCO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical part assembly" was invented by Keiji Nomaru (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical part assembly includes a mirror main body including a base and a mirror support section that is formed integral with the base and having a projected tip, a mirror mounted on the projected tip of the mirror support section, a casing having in its tip part an opening in which the mirror support section is exposed, and having a rear end part closed with a bottom plate, a plurality of driving sections that are disposed on the bottom plate of the casing and act on the base to sw...