US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on Nov. 18 for "Ultrasonic transducer, distance measurement apparatus, and method of manufacturing ultrasonic transducer" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,269, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasonic transducer, distance measurement apparatus, and method of manufacturing ultrasonic transducer" was invented by Yoshitaka Kajiyama (Tokyo) and Nobuaki Konno (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic transducer includes a diaphragm and a housing. The diaphragm can be vibrated. The housing is connected to the diaphragm. The diaphragm is provided with an opening. The housing is provided with an internal space. The internal space communicates with the opening. The diaphragm and the housing constitute an acoustic resonance structure to amplify ...