US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Sept. 15 for "Light-emitting device including semiconductor laser element encapsulated by base and cover with two lead terminals penetrating through lateral wall of base" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,710, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Light-emitting device including semiconductor laser element encapsulated by base and cover with two lead terminals penetrating through lateral wall of base" was invented by Hidenori Matsuo (Hadano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-emitting device includes a semiconductor laser element, a base, a cover, and two lead terminals. The base has a bottom portion supporting the semiconductor laser element and a lateral wall surrounding the semiconductor laser element with the lateral wall being bonded to the bottom portion. The lateral wall includes a light-tr...