ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,442, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).

"Vibration generator moving vibrator by magnetic field generated by coil and vibrator-mounted holder used in vibration-generator" was invented by Mikio Umehara (Yonago, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrator-mounted holder is attached to a casing of a vibration generator which moves a vibrator to generate a vibration when used. The vibrator-mounted holder includes a vibrator, a vibrator retention unit retaining the vibrator, a fixing unit fixed to a casing, and an arm. The vibrator includes a magnet having a plate shape parallel to a horizontal surfa...