ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,058, issued on July 29, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Vibrator device, vibrator, and electronic device" was invented by Masataka Nomura (Minowa, Japan) and Norihito Matsukawa (Shimosuwa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrator device includes a first excitation electrode, a first pad electrode, and a first drawn wiring line that are disposed at a first surface of a vibrator element, a second excitation electrode, a second pad electrode, and a second drawn wiring line that are disposed at a second surface of the vibrator element, and a spiral first electrode pattern disposed at the first surface of the vibrator e...