ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,951, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to TXC Corp. (Taipei, China).

"Quartz oscillator and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Cheng-Wei Lin (Taipei, Taiwan) and Chih-Hung Chiu (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quartz oscillator including a first plate, a second plate, and a quartz sheet is provided. The quartz sheet has an oscillation zone. The quartz sheet is disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The quartz oscillator has a first outer surface, a side surface, and a first connection surface. The first outer surface is located on the first plate. The first connection surface is located betwee...