ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,265, issued on March 3, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Distance measurement device" was invented by Koki Hayashi (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mirror module includes a pair of deflecting mirrors which deflect a transmission wave and a reflected wave in a direction in accordance with a rotation angle of a reflecting surface and rotates in accordance with drive of a motor. A dividing plate divides the pair of deflecting mirrors into two portions of a transmission deflecting portion and a reception deflecting portion. Each of the pair of deflecting mirrors includes shielding portions through which passag...