US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on April 21 for "Reflector driving device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,117, issued on April 21, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Reflector driving device" was invented by Hiroshi Osada (Miyagi, Japan) and Junichiro Yokota (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reflector driving device includes: a reflector-retaining member configured to retain a reflector that refracts light; a first support member configured to support the reflector-retaining member so as to be swingable about a first axis; a second support member configured to support the first support member so as to be swingable about a second axis having an axis-line direction perpendicular to an axis-line direction of the f...