ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,173, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Vibration device and imaging device" was invented by Takahide Nakadoi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Nobumasa Kitamori (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration device includes a tubular vibration body, a retainer fixed to the vibration body, and a light transmissive body to be vibrated by the vibration body and held between the vibration body and the retainer. The light transmissive body includes a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface. The vibration body includes one end supporting the first surface of the l...