US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e. V. on Oct. 14 for "Micromechanical component and method for producing same" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,607, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e. V. (Munich).

"Micromechanical component and method for producing same" was invented by Roman Forke (Chemnitz, Germany) and Karla Hiller (Chemnitz, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A component for a micromechanical system has an upper side and a lower side disposed opposite the upper side and includes at least one first structural element that is arranged in a first region of the component and bounded by at least one first gap and at least one second structural element that is arranged in a second region of the component di...