ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,151, issued on July 28, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Microelectromechanical element and a method for manufacturing it" was invented by Altti Torkkeli (Tuusula, Finland), Jussi Oksanen (Nummela, Finland), Aarni Harkonen (Helsinki) and Juha Lahdenpera (Espoo, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectromechanical element is provided with patterned regions of wafer material and glass material. The regions of glass material include at least a first glass region and a second glass region formed of a first glass material and a second glass material, respectively. The first glass material enab...