US Patent Issued to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS on June 10 for "Asymmetric whispering gallery mode resonator" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,518, issued on June 10, was assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC (San Francisco).

"Asymmetric whispering gallery mode resonator" was invented by Ivan Grudinin (South Pasadena, Calif.), Vladimir Ilchenko (Arcadia, Calif.), Lutfollah Maleki (Pasadena, Calif.) and Sergio Alvarez (Pico Rivera, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An asymmetric whispering gallery mode resonator device is described. The resonator device includes an asymmetric whispering gallery mode resonator disk (e.g., transparent material, electrooptic material). The resonator disk includes an axial surface along a perimeter of the resonator disk, a top surface, and a bo...