US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on Jan. 20 for "Piezoelectric unit and actuator device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,888, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Piezoelectric unit and actuator device" was invented by Daiki Suzuki (Hamamatsu, Japan), Takuma Osaki (Hamamatsu, Japan), Makoto Nozaki (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Kota Sugizaki (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric drive element disposed on a placement surface of a metal substrate includes a piezoelectric drive body having a first main surface opposite the placement surface, a second main surface on a placement surface side, and a side surface, and a first electrode disposed on the first main surface. The piezoelectric drive e...