ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,012, issued on May 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Piezoelectric sounding component" was invented by Sahutboon Kittayawanich (Chiang mai, Thailand) and Pongsakorn Surintum (Lamphun, Thailand).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric sounding component includes a diaphragm, a case having a case body and a lid, and two pin terminals disposed on the lid such that the two pin terminals are in contact with the diaphragm. At least one of the pin terminals includes an extended portion, an extension portion, a rising portion, and a contact portion. A first fixing portion fixes the position of a fi...