US Patent Issued to TOSHIBA TEC on April 21 for "Optical device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,835, issued on April 21, was assigned to TOSHIBA TEC K.K. (Tokyo).

"Optical device" was invented by Masahiro Kodo (Izunokuni Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device includes a light source unit, an optical member, and a holder formed by a single member. The light source unit includes a light source that emits light in a first direction and has a first positioning surface orthogonal to the first direction. The optical member is disposed to be separated from and opposed to the light source unit in the first direction and has an incident surface, an emission surface, and a second positioning surface. The holder...