ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,041, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Beam intensity uniformizing element" was invented by Ryo Haseyama (Osaka, Japan), Manabu Orita (Osaka, Japan), Toshimi Nishiyama (Osaka, Japan) and Atsushi Ashino (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beam intensity uniformizing element includes an optical base, a first lens array disposed at a front surface of the optical base; and a second lens array disposed at a back surface of the optical base. The first lens array includes first mold lens cells arranged in different directions along the front surface of the opti...