ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,512, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Actuator device" was invented by Daiki Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan), Takuma Osaki (Hamamatsu, Japan), Makoto Nozaki (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Kota Sugizaki (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal substrate supported by a wiring substrate includes a first extending portion and a first connection portion connected to the first extending portion. The first connection portion includes a first region facing a portion of a wiring substrate in a Z-axis direction, a second region being continuous from the first region, and a third region being ...