ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,903, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Piezoelectric vibration element, piezoelectric resonator unit, and electronic device" was invented by Yuuki Ooi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Norio Iwashita (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Hayato Sasaki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric vibration element includes a piezoelectric piece having a main surface; an excitation electrode disposed on the main surface of the piezoelectric piece; and a connection electrode disposed on the main surface of the piezoelectric piece and electrically connected to the excitation electrode, where...