ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,276, issued on July 21, was assigned to AAG Microtech (Changzhou) Co. Ltd. (Changzhou, China).

"Vibration motor having a driving unit which includes a solenoid assembly capable of vibrating in a direction perpendicular to a vibration direction of a vibration unit" was invented by Lubin Mao (Changzhou, China), Yun Tang (Changzhou, China) and Jie Ma (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration motor is disclosed. The vibration motor includes a frame having an upper frame and a lower frame, a vibration unit, a driving unit for driving the vibration unit for vibrating along a first vibration direction, and a pair of first...