ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,518, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Luminar Technologies Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).
"Elevation motor design and mirror placement" was invented by Sean P. Hughes (Belle Isle, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scanner for a lidar system configured to direct emitted light to scan a field of regard of the lidar system includes a mirror and an actuator assembly. The mirror includes a first end, a second end, and a reflective surface and is pivotable along a mirror axle. The actuator assembly is disposed at the first end of the mirror and includes an asymmetric motor configured to exert a torque on the mirror to cause the mirror to pivo...