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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,168, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Physical quantity sensor and inertial measurement unit" was invented by Shota Kigure (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical quantity sensor includes: a substrate; a first anchor; a second anchor; a first support beam; a second support beam; a first movable body; a second movable body; and a shielder. A first fixed electrode and a second fixed electrode are provided on the substrate. The first movable body is provided to be swingable with respect to the substrate about a first rotation axis along a second direction. The second movable body is provid...