ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,240, issued on June 17, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Housing and handling method for processing device" was invented by Taisei Wakisaka (Tochigi-ken, Japan), Yoshinao Shigehara (Tochigi-ken, Japan), Katsuhiro Hirayama (Tochigi-ken, Japan) and Yukio Shiono (Tochigi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a housing and a handling method for a processing device that can prevent the adherence of dust particles and the like on a sensor. A housing accommodates a sensor that detects an energy beam. The housing comprises: a chamber provided with a transparent member through which the energy beam can pass; and...