ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,359, issued on July 15, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Micromirror device and optical scanning device" was invented by Keisuke Aoshima (Kanagawa, Japan) and Ko Okada (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The micromirror device includes: a movable portion having a mirror portion on which a reflecting surface for reflecting incident light is formed; a first support portion that is connected to the movable portion on a first axis located in a plane including the reflecting surface of the mirror portion in a stationary state, and that swingably supports the movable portion around the first axis; and a pair of first ac...