ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,395, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Imaging element unit and imaging device" was invented by Takuro Abe (Saitama, Japan), Kouhei Awazu (Saitama, Japan), Yuta Watanabe (Saitama, Japan) and Yuta Abe (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging element unit that is built in a housing of an imaging device includes an imaging element that includes an imaging surface imaging a subject and a back surface opposite to the imaging surface, a circuit board which is mounted on the back surface and in which an opening causing a part of the back surface to be exposed therethrough is formed, and a first hea...