ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,587, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Ricoh Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Light deflector, image projection apparatus, laser headlamp, head-mounted display, distance measurement apparatus, and mobile object" was invented by Goichi Akanuma (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light deflector includes: a movable portion; a support having one end connected to the movable portion to elastically support the movable portion, the support including a support thick portion; a drive beam connected to the other end of the support to deform the support to cause the movable portion to oscillate about an oscillation axis; a connecting portion co...