ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,282, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Stamford Devices Ltd (Galway, Ireland).

"Vibration systems and methods" was invented by Yehuda Ivri (Newport Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one arrangement, a vibration system includes a vibratable plate, a support member surrounding the vibratable plate, and a vibration-inducing member surrounding the support member. The vibration-inducing member is configured to radially expand contract against the support member so as to produce axial vibration of the vibratable plate. In another arrangement, the vibratable plate has an outer circumference; a tubular member is concentricall...