US Patent Issued to NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS on Aug. 11 for "UV sensor head and wavelength conversion member for UV sensor head" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,406, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS Co. LTD. (Shiga, Japan).

"UV sensor head and wavelength conversion member for UV sensor head" was invented by Naoki Ueda (Otsu, Japan) and Minekazu Takada (Otsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A UV sensor head is provided capable of increasing sensing sensitivity. A UV sensor head 1 that converts ultraviolet light into visible light and guides the converted visible light toward an optical fiber 11 includes a wavelength conversion member having an inorganic matrix and phosphor particles dispersed in the inorganic matrix."

The patent was filed on June 21, 2022, under ...