ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,627, issued on June 10, was assigned to MAXELL LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Display device" was invented by Eiji Kawawa (Kyoto, Japan), Toshinori Sugiyama (Kyoto, Japan), Tomoki Yamamoto (Kyoto, Japan), Tatsuya Nakazawa (Kyoto, Japan), Keisuke Sawada (Kyoto, Japan), Akio Misawa (Kyoto, Japan) and Nozomu Shimoda (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes a backlight, a display element, a plate for holding at least a portion of an emission surface, from which an image light is emitted, provided on the display element, and a heat dissipation portion that dissipates heat generated from the display element. The displa...