ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,411, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source device including: a support member includes a groove in which a light guide member is disposed, a light source substrate and the support member are in contact with each other with a convex portion, and the convex portion is disposed on at least one of an opposed surface opposed to a first surface of the light source substrate and the first surface of the light source substrate to separate a light emit...