ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,383, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Vibration device" was invented by Takahide Nakadoi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration device includes a cover glass including an inclined surface defined by a chamfered outer peripheral edge of the cover glass, a vibration body bonded to the cover glass with an adhesive and causing the cover glass to vibrate, and a retainer bonded to the cover glass with an adhesive and fixed to the vibration body and that is in contact with the inclined surface of the cover glass so as to support an outer peripheral edge of the cover glass...