ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,236, issued on May 27, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Electrode arrangement for a micro-electro-mechanical system including tapered electrode structures" was invented by Martin Putnik (Rottenburg Am Neckar, Germany) and Stefano Cardanobile (Reutlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode configuration for a microelectromechanical system, including a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure. The first electrode structure has a receptacle, and the second electrode structure has a finger. The first and second electrode structure are designed for a relative movement in relation ...