US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS on Sept. 23 for "Optical unit, fiber scanning device, and method for manufacturing optical unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,665, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to OLYMPUS Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical unit, fiber scanning device, and method for manufacturing optical unit" was invented by Takehiro Miki (Fuchu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical unit includes a first lens, a second lens, and a holding member. The first lens is formed in a spherical segment having a first flat surface and a first convex spherical surface. The second lens is formed in a spherical segment having a second flat surface and a second convex spherical surface. A holding member has a first end portion that surrounds the first lens and a second end portion that surrounds th...