US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on July 1 for "Dual proof-mass resonators with low support loss" (Ohio, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,213, issued on July 1, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Dual proof-mass resonators with low support loss" was invented by Amir Rahafrooz (Shaker Heights, Ohio) and Diego Emilio Serrano (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mechanical resonator includes two identical proof-masses, at least one connecting beam connecting the two identical proof-masses adapted to oscillate in a same phase in a direction perpendicular to a direction of a connecting beam, and at least one anchor attached to a middle of the at least one connecting beam. Two identical proof-masses are resonant pla...