ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,798, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Piezoelectric device" was invented by Shinsuke Ikeuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Fumiya Kurokawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Seiji Umezawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masayuki Suzuki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric device includes a beam portion with a fixed end portion and a free end portion opposite to the fixed end portion. The beam portion extends from the fixed end portion towards the free end portion. The beam portion includes a multilayer body including a piezoelectric layer and first and second electrode layers. A base is ...