ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,474, issued on July 14, was assigned to AAG Technologies (Nanjing) Co. Ltd. (Nanjing, China).

"Multi-directional vibration motor with peripheral magnetic ring made from magnets surrounding coil unit" was invented by Jie Ma (Nanjing, China), Lubin Mao (Nanjing, China), Yun Tang (Nanjing, China), Ziang Li (Nanjing, China) and Wei Song (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-directional vibration motor, including a housing, a vibration unit, a coil unit, and a peripheral magnetic ring. The vibration unit includes a magnet unit in a cylinder shape and magnetized along a first direction. The coil unit is opposite to the mag...