US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA, TOKAI UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM on May 27 for "Fluorescence guide plate, and solar-pumped laser" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,064, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and TOKAI UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM (Tokyo).

"Fluorescence guide plate, and solar-pumped laser" was invented by Taizo Masuda (Yokohama, Japan) and Masamori Endo (Hiratsuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluorescence guide plate includes first and second surfaces, an edge surface connecting a periphery of the first surface with a periphery of the second surface, and a dichroic mirror laminated on the first surface. Fluorescent material is dispersed at least one of inside a space defined by the first surface, the second surface, and the edge surface...