ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,411, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Single anchor resonators" was invented by Amir Rahafrooz (Shaker Heights, Ohio), Diego Emilio Serrano (Alpharetta, Ga.), Thomas Kieran Nunan (Carlisle, Mass.) and Ijaz Jafri (Holliston, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical resonator includes two identical plates, and a decoupling structure comprising at least two first connectors, each first connector connecting the decoupling structure to a respective one of the two identical plates, and an anchor disposed at a center of the decoupling structure. Each of the two ...