US Patent Issued to Saginomiya Seisakusho on Aug. 26 for "MEMS element and vibration-driven energy harvesting device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,032, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Saginomiya Seisakusho Inc. (Tokyo).

"MEMS element and vibration-driven energy harvesting device" was invented by Hisayuki Ashizawa (Sayama, Japan) and Noriko Shimomura (Sayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS element according to the present invention is provided with a base, an insulation layer fixed to one surface of the base, a first upper layer at least portions of which are fixed to the insulation layer, and a second upper layer provided surrounding the first upper layer and disposed being separated from the first upper layer by slits, wherein the first upper layer includes, at...