ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,986, issued on July 15, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Sensor" was invented by Shingo Harada (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor that includes: a piezoelectric film; a first electrode arranged above the piezoelectric film, and overlapping at least a part of the piezoelectric film; a second electrode arranged below the piezoelectric film, and overlapping at least a part of the piezoelectric film; and an insulator layer arranged above the first electrode, and overlapping at least a part of the first electrode, in which at least a part of an outer edge of the insulator layer do...