ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,353, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).
"Light source device" was invented by Norimasa Yoshida (Komatsushima, Japan), Shinya Matsuoka (Anan, Japan) and Yuta Oka (Awa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source device includes: a combined body including light emitting portions including: a first light emitting portion including a first light emitting element, and a second light emitting portion provided separately from and along an outer periphery of the first light emitting portion in a plan view, the second light emitting portion including a plurality of second light emitting elements; and a lens...