US Patent Issued to TDK on July 1 for "Vibration device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,596, issued on July 1, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vibration device" was invented by Keisuke Teranishi (Tokyo), Hiroki Mitsui (Tokyo), Miho Kato (Tokyo), Hideya Sakamoto (Tokyo) and Narumi Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vibration device includes a piezoelectric element having a connection terminal exposed from a main surface of the piezoelectric element, a first resin layer having conductivity and covering the connection terminal of the piezoelectric element to be electrically connected to the connection terminal, a wiring member overlapping the main surface of the piezoelectric element to cover the first resin...