US Patent Issued to MINEBEA MITSUMI on July 29 for "Vibration generator moving vibrator by magnetic field generated by coil and holder used in vibration-generator" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,977, issued on July 29, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI INC. (Nagano, Japan).

"Vibration generator moving vibrator by magnetic field generated by coil and holder used in vibration-generator" was invented by Minoru Kuroda (Sakaiminato, Japan) and Makoto Tanaka (Kurayoshi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A holder is used while attached to a chassis of a vibration generator that moves a vibrator to generate a vibration. The holder includes a vibrator retention unit retaining the vibrator, a fixed unit fixed to the chassis, and an arm. The arm connects the fixed unit and the vibrator retention unit, and the arm supports the vibrator...