US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Dec. 9 for "Piezo-electro-optic composite transduction devices" (District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,951, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Piezo-electro-optic composite transduction devices" was invented by Jakub Kolacz (Washington), Peter Finkel (Washington), Julia Pavlova (Washington) and Christopher M. Spillmann (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Piezo-optic transducers convert variations in mechanical stress to a change in optical properties by coupling electro-optic and piezo-electric elements in a format suited to a single composite device without needing on-board electronics."

The patent was filed on May 3, ...