US Patent Issued to ALPS ALPINE on July 7 for "Transducer including piezoelectric element and method of producing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,097, issued on July 7, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Transducer including piezoelectric element and method of producing same" was invented by Ryo Ito (Fukushima, Japan) and Heishiro Fudo (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transducer includes a flexible substrate, a piezoelectric element formed on a surface of the flexible substrate, and a support member, in which holes are formed, having a higher rigidity than the flexible substrate. The surface of the flexible substrate has an element region in which the piezoelectric element is continuous in a planar direction of the piezoelectric element. The support m...