ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,826, issued on July 14, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Piezo actuator module for broadband-frequency haptic feedback" was invented by No-Cheol Park (Seoul, South Korea), Whee Jae Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Young Jin Park (Siheung-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezo actuator module capable of haptic feedback in a wide frequency range comprises an actuator layer including a piezo actuator having one surface coupled to an object to be excited and vibrating by an electric signal and an inertial mass layer having a certain mass and coupled to th...