US Patent Issued to Connaught Electronics on March 3 for "MEMS packaging with actuator stator providing electrical connection point" (Irish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,420, issued on March 3, was assigned to Connaught Electronics Ltd. (Ireland).

"MEMS packaging with actuator stator providing electrical connection point" was invented by Gerard Conway (Tuam, Ireland), Enda Ward (Tuam, Ireland), Terrance McDonald (Troy, Mich.) and Maurice Dore (Tuam, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A MEMS device is provided with an actuator stator providing an electrical connection point. The MEMS device includes an electrical distribution substrate, and an actuator stator positioned above it. The actuator stator has a floor and an outer frame extending up from the floor. The MEMS device includes a stator pad d...