US Patent Issued to TDK on Nov. 25 for "Ultrasonic transducer" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,007, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Ultrasonic transducer" was invented by Yoshiki Ohta (Tokyo), Mikio Sumiyoshi (Tokyo), Nana Sato (Tokyo), Mitsunao Homma (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Ijiri (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasonic transducer includes a case, a piezoelectric element, a wiring member, a foaming member, and a vibration damping material. The case includes a bottom wall. The piezoelectric element is disposed on the bottom wall inside the case. The wiring member is electrically connected to the piezoelectric element. The foaming member is disposed on the piezoelectric element. The vibration damp...