ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,518, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Energy beam irradiation device" was invented by Dai Haraguchi (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an energy beam emission device including: an electron discharge unit having a long electron discharge part; a housing having a window from which energy beams are emitted on the basis of electrons discharged from the electron discharge part; and a unit accommodation part capable of accommodating the electron discharge unit. A plurality of positioning parts are provided between an outer surface of the electron discharge unit and ...