US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on April 21 for "Pressure wave generating element and method for producing the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,199, issued on April 21, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Pressure wave generating element and method for producing the same" was invented by Kohei Fukamachi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure wave generating element that includes a support and a fiber layer on the support and constructed to generate heat by energization. The fiber layer is in the form of a fiber membrane having an average pore diameter in a range of 0.1 to 1.0 micro metre, and the fiber layer includes one or more fibers having a surface at least partly provided with a metal coating."

The patent was filed...