US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on April 14 for "Pressure sensor device having an oscillator including a membrane deformable to ambient differential pressure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,650, issued on April 14, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Pressure sensor device having an oscillator including a membrane deformable to ambient differential pressure" was invented by Hiroaki Nishikawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure sensor device includes a base including joint portions to join to a mounting substrate, and an oscillator to oscillate with respect to the base. The oscillator includes a capacitor including a membrane that is deformable in accordance with an ambient pressure difference as a sensor electrode and a facing electrode spaced apart from the membrane....