ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,646, issued on July 21, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).

"Radiation detection device comprising a radiation detector, an electrically-conductive base, a processing circuit, and a plurality of relay boards" was invented by Tadashi Maruyama (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiation detection device includes a radiation detector that detects radiation, an electrically-conductive base that supports the radiation detector, and a plurality of relay boards that relay electrical connection between the radiation detector and a processing circuit that processes a signal read out from the radiation detector. Each o...