ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,759, issued on June 17, was assigned to LEE VENTUS LTD. (Melbourn, Great Britain).

"Method of making an actuator for a resonant acoustic pump" was invented by Stuart Andrew Hatfield (Royston, Great Britain), James Edward Mccrone (Royston, Great Britain), Juho Pekka Piiparinen (Royston, Great Britain) and Andrew Laurence York (Royston, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making an actuator for a resonant acoustic pump comprises: forming a through-hole in a ceramic material of a piezoelectric layer of the actuator, prior to assembly of the piezoelectric layer with other layers of the actuator; forming a through-hol...