ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,091, issued on April 14, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Optical shaping device and manufacturing method" was invented by Hiroyuki Kusaka (Tokyo) and Masahiro Kashiwagi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical fabrication device includes a light source that emits light and cures a photo-curable resin, a digital micromirror device that reflects the light and projects a predetermined pattern, a microlens array disposed downstream of the digital micromirror device and that transmits the light that has been reflected by the digital micromirror device, an objective disposed downstream of the microlens array and that cause...