ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,397, issued on May 20, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Mirror device" was invented by Daiki Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Takuma Osaki (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mirror device includes a support portion, a movable portion, and a pair of torsion bars disposed on both sides of the movable portion on a first axis. The movable portion includes a frame-shaped frame connected to the pair of torsion bars and a mirror unit disposed inside the frame. The mirror unit is connected to the frame in each of a pair of connection regions located on both sides of the mirror unit in a direction par...