US Patent Issued to Infineon Technologies on Nov. 4 for "Piezoelectric micro mirror with corrugated actuator and suspension system" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,358, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Infineon Technologies AG (Neubiberg, Germany).

"Piezoelectric micro mirror with corrugated actuator and suspension system" was invented by Christian Bretthauer (Munich) and Malika Bella (Ottobrunn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light steering system includes: a reflective structure configured to tilt about a first axis; a frame that includes a frame recess over which the reflective structure is suspended; and a suspension assembly that includes a piezoelectric corrugated structure coupled to and between the reflective structure and the frame. The piezoelectric corrugated structure incl...