ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,460, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Acoustic wave device" was invented by Sho Nagatomo (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An IDT electrode includes first and second busbar electrodes opposed to each other, first and second electrode fingers extending respectively from the first and second busbar electrodes on a piezoelectric substrate. The first busbar electrode and a tip end of the second electrode finger are opposed to each other with a gap therebetween, and bottom surfaces of the first and second busbar electrodes are opposed to each other with a first gap therebetw...