ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,143, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Tonbo Imaging Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Mechanism for dioptric adjustment of telescopic lenses" was invented by Ankit Kumar (Bangalore, India), Kondangi Lakshmikumar Arvind (Singapore) and Nelaji Mohanrao Sudarshan (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a device for dioptric adjustment of a plurality of telescopic lenses against a focal plane array. The device includes a hollow cylinder developed onto a housing. In addition, the housing includes a plurality of pins. The device includes the focal plane array affixed with a support structure. Further, the d...