ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,014, issued on June 16, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).
"Direct drive MEMS scanning micromirror" was invented by Katherine Marie Smyth (Seattle), Kenneth Alexander Diest (Kirkland, Wash.), Brian Wheelwright (Sammamish, Wash.) and Daniel Guenther Greif (Redmond, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct drive scanning micromirror includes a mirror body defining a mirror surface, and a plurality of curved cantilevers that each extend directly from the mirror body. The shape of the cantilevers and the geometry of the interface between the cantilevers and the mirror body are configured to decreas...