US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Aug. 5 for "Physical quantity sensor and inertial measurement unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,390, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Physical quantity sensor and inertial measurement unit" was invented by Kazuyuki Nagata (Minowa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical quantity sensor detects a physical quantity in at least one of a first direction and a second direction. The physical quantity sensor includes a fixed electrode unit provided on a substrate, a movable body including a movable electrode unit provided such that movable electrodes face fixed electrodes of the fixed electrode unit, a fixed portion fixed to the substrate, a support beam having one end coupled to the fixed portion a...