US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Dec. 23 for "Piezoelectric device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,594, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Piezoelectric device" was invented by Seiji Umezawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shinsuke Ikeuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Masayuki Suzuki (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Matti Liukku (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Ville-Pekka Rytkonen (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Anssi Blomqvist (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Ville Kaajakari (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric device includes a connection section including a first coupling portion, a second coupling portion, and a bridging portion. The first coupling portion extends along a slit and is connected to one of a pair of...