ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,722, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to USOUND GMBH (Graz, Austria).

"MEMS sound transducer with a damping layer made of adhesive" was invented by Andrea Rusconi Clerici Beltrami (Vienna) and Ferruccio Bottoni (Graz, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transducer unit for a MEMS sound transducer includes a support, a transducer element connected to the support and deflectable along a reciprocation axis, a coupling element for connecting the transducer element to a diaphragm in a manner spaced apart from the transducer element, and a spring region formed between the transducer element and the coupling element, the spring region i...