ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,998, issued on July 8, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Light source device and projector" was invented by Norio Imaoka (Takamori-machi, Japan) and Yuichiro Iwama (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source device of the present disclosure includes a light source unit including a first coupling part which is disposed in the gap and electrically couples the first and second light emitting element groups, and a first regulatory member which is disposed between a light guide member and a base substrate, and regulates a position of a light guide member with respect to a support member. The first light emitting...