ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,301, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MITSUMI ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Movable device, MEMS device and optical scanning apparatus" was invented by Tomohiro Taira (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A movable device includes a movable portion and a drive structure configured to drive the movable portion. The movable device includes a support frame that surrounds the movable portion and supports the drive structure. The movable device includes electrodes electrically coupled to the drive structure. The movable device includes pseudo electrodes electrically isolated from the drive structure. The electrodes and the pseudo electrod...