ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,208, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Light detecting device and method for controlling light detecting device" was invented by Kenta Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Katsuya Ishikawa (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light detecting device includes: a light detector; a heat exchanger thermally connected to the light detector; a coolant flow channel configured to be connected to the heat exchanger and allow a coolant for cooling the light detector to flow; a pump configured to cause the coolant to flow in the coolant flow channel; and a control unit that controls the pump....