ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,295, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Light guide, electron ray detector, and charged particle device" was invented by Kuniyoshi Yamauchi (Hamamatsu, Japan), Minoru Kondo (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Takayuki Nakamura (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided a light guide, an electron ray detector, and a charged particle device that can improve light guiding efficiency of light generated in response to incidence of a detection ray. The electron ray detector includes: a light guide member extending in one direction; a first fluorescent substance layer provided on one...