ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,693, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Light source apparatus and projector" was invented by Yuichiro Iwama (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a light emitter that outputs light, a light guide member that the light emitted from the light emitter enters, an angle conversion member that converts the angular distribution of the light output from the light guide member, and a support member having a groove that supports the light guide member, the light emission surface of the light emitter facing a third surface of the light gu...