ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,259, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Resonant Systems Inc. (Seattle).

"Oscillating-resonant-module controller" was invented by Robin Elenga (Seattle), Dan Knodle (Seattle) and Brian Pepin (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current document is directed to various types of oscillating resonant modules ("ORMs"), including linear-resonant vibration modules, that can be incorporated in a wide variety of appliances, devices, and systems to provide vibrational forces. The vibrational forces are produced ley back-and-forth oscillation of a weight or member along a path, generally a segment of a space curve. A controller c...