US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Aug. 26 for "Physical quantity sensor, inertial measurement unit, and manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,010, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Physical quantity sensor, inertial measurement unit, and manufacturing method" was invented by Teruo Takizawa (Matsumoto, Japan) and Satoru Tanaka (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical quantity sensor detects a physical quantity in a third direction, and includes a fixer fixed to a substrate, a support beam having one end coupled to the fixer, and a movable body. The movable body includes a movable electrode unit and a frame unit. The fixed electrode unit includes a first fixed electrode group and a second fixed electrode group. The movable electrod...