ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,242, issued on July 15, was assigned to HANGZHOU GREAT STAR INDUSTRIAL Co. LTD. (Hangzhou, China).
"Laser ranging apparatus" was invented by Yueming Li (Hangzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser ranging apparatus including: a housing including a first casing; and an inner core comprising a holder and a first measuring part mounted on the holder, the inner core detachably mounted in the first casing, the first casing covering at least part of the inner core, the first measuring part configured to measure a distance using laser light, wherein the laser ranging apparatus is configured so that the inner core is, as a whole, ...