US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on July 29 for "Piezoelectric vibrator and manufacturing method therefor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,497, issued on July 29, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Piezoelectric vibrator and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Shigeo Ojima (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masaki Ushiro (Nagaokakayo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric vibrator having a piezoelectric vibration element that includes a piezoelectric piece and a pair of electrodes that face each other with the piezoelectric piece interposed therebetween; a holder that accommodates the piezoelectric vibration element; a resin layer covering at least one electrode of the pair of electrodes; and a water-repellent layer, which...