ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,732, issued on July 1, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).
"Dual-operating accelerometer" was invented by Francesco Rizzini (Passirano, Italy), Nicolo' Manca (Turin, Italy) and Cristian Dall'Oglio (Niscemi, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) accelerometers that are configured for a user interface mode and a true wireless stereo (TWS) mode of an audio device. The accelerometers are fabricated with specific electromechanical parameters, such as mass, stiffness, active capacitance, and bonding pressure. As a result of the specific...