ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,961, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to VLC HOLDING B.V. (Weert, Netherlands).
"Scanning MEMS mirror device" was invented by Hendrikus Wilhelmus Leonardus Antonius Maria Van Lierop (Weert, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The improved scanning MEMS mirror device disclosed herein comprises a mirror body that is rotatable around a rotation axis with respect to a stationary body, wherein a rotation of the mirror body is flexibly restrained with at least one coupling element that biases the mirror body towards a neutral state. The coupling element comprises at least a bridge section and a first leaf spring section and a second le...