ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,391, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vibration presentation apparatus" was invented by Ryo Yokoyama (Tokyo) and Osamu Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration presentation apparatus according to the present technology includes a base portion, a first vibrating portion, and a second vibrating portion. A user can ride on the base portion. The first vibrating portion is provided to the base portion and has a first vibration characteristic. The second vibrating portion is provided to the base portion and has a second vibration characteristic different from the first vibration characteristic." ...