ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,622, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to STANLEY ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Optical scanning device" was invented by Makoto Sakurai (Tokyo), Yoshifumi Takao (Tokyo), Katsunori Nakazawa (Tokyo), Naoya Matsumaru (Tokyo), Atsushi Yamamoto (Tokyo) and Nazirul Afham Idris (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanning device includes a standing plate part which has an inclined groove and a through hole at positions above a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) and a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) optical deflector, and which is fixed to a substrate. A plate-shaped mirror and a rotary mirror have one end portio...