US Patent Issued to Kyocera on Aug. 25 for "Piezoelectric actuator" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,041, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Kyocera Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Piezoelectric actuator" was invented by Kazuki Tanaka (Kirishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric element layered in a pillar shape, and electrode plates located on side surfaces of the piezoelectric element and electrically connected to internal electrode layers of the piezoelectric element. Each of the electrode plates includes a body portion extending in a layering direction of the piezoelectric element and a lead portion that extends in a direction intersecting the layering direction and is electrically co...