ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,199, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Vibration device and imaging device" was invented by Takahide Nakadoi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hitoshi Sakaguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Noritaka Kishi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuuki Ishii (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Rei Higashida (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration device includes an internal vibration body to amplify a vibration, a piezoelectric element connected to one end of the internal vibration body, and a light transmission body connected to an another end of the internal vibration body. The vibration device further includes an e...