ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,208, issued on May 12, was assigned to ALPS ALPINE Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Vibration generating device with fixed case with first outer and inner cylinders and second cylinder attached to end of first outer cylinder" was invented by Tomoya Endo (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration generating device including a fixed case including a tube extending in a first direction; a coil attached inside the tube; a movable body arranged inside the coil and including a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field toward the coil; and a support member interposed between the fixed case and the movable body and sup...