US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Oct. 7 for "Physical quantity sensor and inertial measurement device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,167, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Physical quantity sensor and inertial measurement device" was invented by Satoru Tanaka (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical quantity sensor includes first and second fixed electrode sections on a substrate, a first movable electrode section having a movable electrode opposite a fixed electrode of the first fixed electrode section, a second movable electrode section having a movable electrode opposite a fixed electrode of the second fixed electrode section, first and second fixed sections fixed to the substrate, a first support beam having one end co...