ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,033, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Micromechanical component, in particular, inertial sensor, including a seismic mass, a substrate, and a cap" was invented by Johannes Classen (Reutlingen, Germany) and Michael Saettler (Kusterdingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A micromechanical component, in particular, an inertial sensor, including a seismic mass, a substrate, and a cap. The component includes a reference electrode, which is in a first electrode layer and is connected to the substrate, and a further reference electrode, which is in a second electrode layer and is connected t...