US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on July 15 for "Image-reading device comprising a plurality of optical components arranged along the scanning direction board components arranged to have a second clearance therebetween and board components fixed to the housing" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,363,237, issued on July 15, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image-reading device comprising a plurality of optical components arranged along the scanning direction board components arranged to have a second clearance therebetween and board components fixed to the housing" was invented by Mizuki Ogawa (Tokyo), Daisuke Fukui (Tokyo), Toru Shiraki (Tokyo) and Eiji Niikura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image reading device includes a board including a plurality of imaging elements arranged along a scanning direction, and a housing including a plurality of optical components that are arranged along the scanning ...