US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on March 25 for "Transducer" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,262,176, issued on March 25, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Transducer" 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 transducer includes a first connection portion connecting a first tip and a second tip to each other. The first connection portion is surrounded by a split slit connecting a center of the first tip, a center of a base, and a cente...