ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,382,833, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Piezoelectric mems valve for an electronic device" was invented by Guo-Lun Luo (Santa Clara, Calif.), Gokhan Hatipoglu (Milpitas, Calif.) and Peter C. Hrudey (San Mateo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric valve comprising: a fixed portion defining an opening; and a number of movable portions extending from the fixed portion over the opening and separated from one another by radially oriented slits, each movable portion of the number of movable portions comprising a first material layer and a second material layer, and at least one of the first m...