ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,515, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).
"Resonator device having a heater" was invented by Norio Nomura (Minowa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resonator device includes a substrate, a heater provided to the substrate, a temperature sensor provided to the substrate, a resonator element having a bond part bonded to the substrate, and a lid bonded to the substrate so as to house the resonator element in cooperation with the substrate, and the bond part is arranged to overlap the heater in a plan view."
The patent was filed on April 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/729,068.
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