ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,390, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Micro lens array antenna and radar device and vehicle having micro lens array antenna" was invented by Kazunari Kawahata (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micro lens array that includes a planar array antenna including a plurality of planar antennas formed on a substrate, a plurality of dielectric lenses each provided above each of the plurality of planar antennas, and a plurality of dielectric plates each provided on part of the substrate, the part being provided between two adjacent dielectric lenses of the plurality of die...