ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,764, issued on March 3, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Piezoelectric device" was invented by Shinsuke Ikeuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Seiji Umezawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Fumiya Kurokawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masayuki Suzuki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a piezoelectric device, a cantilever portion includes a fixed edge portion and a free edge portion. A plate-shaped portion includes a facing edge portion, a support edge portion, a first lateral support edge portion, and a second lateral support edge portion. The facing edge portion faces the free edge portion. The support edge port...