US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Oct. 28 for "Piezoelectric element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,902, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Piezoelectric element" was invented by Yutaka Kishimoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shinsuke Ikeuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Masayuki Suzuki (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Fumiya Kurokawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric element includes a piezoelectric layer, a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a connecting electrode. The piezoelectric layer includes first and second surfaces, and a through-hole. The second electrode layer is adjacent to the second surface of the piezoelectric layer. The second electrode layer fa...