ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,452, issued on July 14, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Vibration generating device" was invented by Takayuki Suizu (Miyagi, Japan) and Masaaki Mikawa (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration generating device includes a movable body in a housing, supported to vibrate along a first direction; a bracket attached to the housing, including a body plate extending in a second direction and a first reinforcing plate extending in a third direction from one end of the body plate in the second direction; a coil attached to the body plate, including main-bundle-wire-parts in the second direction connected by a s...