ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,026, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Ultrasonic sensor" was invented by Tomoaki Matsushita (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic sensor includes a case including a cylindrical side wall and a bottom plate in one end portion of the side wall, and a piezoelectric element on the bottom plate inside the case. The side wall includes a pair of thick wall portions facing each other and a pair of thin wall portions thinner than the thick wall portions facing each other. An inner peripheral edge of another end portion of the side wall includes a chamfered portion. The c...