ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,150, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Micromechanical device" was invented by Frank Schatz (Kornwestheim, Germany), Jochen Tomaschko (Gaeufelden, Germany), Kerrin Doessel (Stuttgart, Germany) and Timo Schary (Aichtal-Neuenhaus, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromechanical device, in particular a micromirror device. The device has at least one first micromechanical component and one second micromechanical component. The first component and the second component are directly or indirectly joined to one another. The first micromechanical component has a first sub-body and at least on...