ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,683, issued on July 22, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Lens unit having glass lens and combined resin lens" was invented by Takayuki Suginome (Otokuni-gun, Japan), Osamu Nakayama (Otokuni-gun, Japan), Susumu Shibasaki (Otokuni-gun, Japan) and Masashi Yoshimura (Otokuni-gun, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved lens unit can be used in an in-vehicle camera or the like, in a condition where a forefront lens is exposed to the outside for a long time. Here, the resin lens within the lens unit has an improved durability at a high temperature. The lens unit has a plurality of lenses arranged side by side with the ...