ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,119, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Vibration generating device" was invented by Tomoya Endo (Miyagi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration generating device includes a fixed body; a movable body; a support member interposed between the fixed body and the movable body and configured to support the movable body with respect to the fixed body such that the movable body is configured to vibrate in a first direction; a permanent magnet included in the movable body and having a magnetization direction in the first direction; a pole piece attached to at least one end side of the permanent magne...