US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on May 26 for "Piezoelectric device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,704, issued on May 26, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Piezoelectric device" was invented by Munehisa Watanabe (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yasumasa Taniguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Katsuya Daimon (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric device includes a support substrate, an intermediate layer on the support substrate, a piezoelectric layer on the intermediate layer, a functional element on the piezoelectric layer, an insulation layer, and a wiring electrode. The insulation layer is on the support substrate and in contact with the intermediate layer and the piezoelectric layer. The wi...