US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on May 19 for "Optical sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,749, issued on May 19, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Optical sensor" was invented by Takatoshi Kato (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hiroshi Watanabe (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Kohei Sugahara (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yuta Aoki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor includes a first light source to emit light, a first photodetector to receive light and generate a signal representing a result of receiving the light, a cover made of an elastic material deformable in response to an external force and covering the first light source and the first photodetector, the cover including a reflective por...