US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS, Vrije Universiteit Brussel on July 21 for "Concentrating lens, photodetector with concentrating lens, concentrating lens unit" (Belgian, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,710, issued on July 21, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Brussels).

"Concentrating lens, photodetector with concentrating lens, concentrating lens unit" was invented by Tomohiko Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan), Suguru Matsumoto (Hamamatsu, Japan), Hirokazu Muramatsu (Hamamatsu, Japan), Yunfeng Nie (Brussels), Heidi Ottevaere (Brussels) and Hugo Thienpont (Brussels).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A concentrating lens includes an incident surface, an emitting surface, and a reflective surface. The incident surface includes a central portion and an outer portion. The incident surface i...