US Patent Issued to NEC on Nov. 3 for "Optical module" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,664, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical module" was invented by Mamoru Oguro (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The optical module includes a casing for housing an optical component, a first cushioning material provided between the optical component and a first surface on the inside of the casing, and a piezoelectric element which is provided between the first cushioning material and the first surface and is capable of expanding and contracting in the direction from the first surface to the optical component."

The patent was filed on Sept. 9, 2021, under Application No. 18/687,956.

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