ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,338, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).
"Micromirror device and optical scanning device" was invented by Keisuke Aoshima (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromirror device includes a first support portion that is connected to the mirror 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 mirror portion around the first axis. The first support portion is composed of a main shaft stretched along the first axis and a plurality of sub-shafts symmetrically disposed on both sides of the main shaft ...