ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,390, issued on June 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Resonator and resonance device" was invented by Yoshiyuki Higuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Ryota Kawai (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yoshihisa Inoue (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masakazu Fukumitsu (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration member is provided that includes a base with front and rear ends opposite to each other, and vibration arms fixed to the front end, extending away therefrom, and including at least one first vibration arm and a pair of second vibration arms positioned on both sides of a first vibration arm group including t...