ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,271, issued on April 15, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Fluid control device" was invented by Shinichiro Matsumoto (Kyoto, Japan) and Masahiro Sasaki (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid control device includes piezoelectric pumps and a substrate. The substrate includes dielectric base members. Each of the dielectric base members has a recess and a through-hole. Each of the dielectric base members is laminated such that the recesses of the dielectric base members partially overlap and communicate with each other. A portion of the recesses not overlapping with the dielectric base member s...