ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,502, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Fujikura Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Piezoelectric coaxial sensor and method for manufacturing piezoelectric coaxial sensor" was invented by Sho Ueda (Chiba, Japan), Haruhiko Tsuboi (Tokyo) and Korenari Higashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric coaxial sensor includes: a sensor portion including a center conductor having a linear shape, a polymer piezoelectric layer containing polyvinylidene fluoride and that covers an outer peripheral surface of the center conductor, and a first outer conductor that surrounds an outer peripheral surface of the polymer piezoelectric layer; and jacket layer...