ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,176, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Radiation detecting device" was invented by Yuuri Yano (Kokubunji, Japan) and Hiroshi Utsunomiya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation detecting device including: a radiation detector that includes a board having a flexibility and a semiconductor element formed on an imaging surface of the board; a supporter that supports the radiation detector; a housing that includes a front part facing the imaging surface and a rear part facing the front part across the radiation detector and that houses the radiation detector; and a cushion that is provided at least...