ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,145, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Micromirror device and optical scanning device" was invented by Takayuki Naono (Kanagawa, Japan) and Keisuke Aoshima (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromirror device includes: a mirror portion; a first support portion that swingably supports the mirror portion around a first axis; a movable frame that is connected to the first support portion; a second support portion that swingably supports the mirror portion, the first support portion, and the movable frame around a second axis; a pair of first actuators that are connected to the second support por...