US Patent Issued to KYOCERA on July 28 for "Mirror comprising a rib having a tapered side surface and a widened inlet" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,459, issued on July 28, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Mirror comprising a rib having a tapered side surface and a widened inlet" was invented by Yuuki Nishi (Kirishima, Japan) and Kenichi Hamamura (Kirishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mirror (1) includes a mirror surface (3a) provided on a front surface (3) of a body portion (2), having a plate shape and made of ceramics, a recessed portion (6) formed on a back surface (4) of the body portion (2), and a rib (7) provided along edges of the recesses (6) and including a tapered side surface (7a1, 7b1, 7c1)."

The patent was filed on Nov. 10, 2020, under App...