US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on July 28 for "Optical device and image pickup unit including optical device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,527, issued on July 28, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Optical device and image pickup unit including optical device" was invented by Yuuki Ishii (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Noritaka Kishi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hitoshi Sakaguchi (Nagaokakayo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an optical device that reduces stress concentration on a vibrator while removing foreign matter adhering to a light-transparent body covering the exterior of the optical device with vibrations, and to provide an image pickup unit including the optical device. An optical device includes an outermo...