ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,814, issued on July 14, was assigned to Analog Devices Inc. (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Quadrature trim vertical electrodes for yaw axis coriolis vibratory gyroscope" was invented by Arthur Y. Savchenko (Andover, Mass.), Igor P. Prikhodko (Buzzards Bay, Mass.) and Tyler Adam Dunn (Westford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) yaw gyroscopes having out-of-plane quadrature trim electrodes are described. The gyroscope includes a proof mass configured to be driven in-plane. The proof mass includes an opening, or a plurality of openings. The out-of-plane quadrature trim electrodes are positioned to lateral...