US Patent Issued to DENSO on June 2 for "Distance measurement apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,972, issued on June 2, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya-city, Japan).

"Distance measurement apparatus" was invented by Masahiro Yamamoto (Kariya-city, Japan) and Tetsumasa Kawaguchi (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distance measurement apparatus measures a distance to an object by irradiating emission light and detecting reflected light from the object onto which the emission light is irradiated. This apparatus includes a transmission window, a heater wire, and a flexible substrate that is provided in the transmission window. The flexible substrate includes: a surface-mounted-type electronic component; a land to...