US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on May 26 for "Pressure wave generating element and method for producing the same" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,641,376, issued on May 26, 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; a fiber layer on the support, the fiber layer containing a fiber having a surface thereof at least partially coated with a metal coating, and the fiber in the fiber layer being oriented in a predetermined direction; and a pair of electrodes arranged so as to apply a voltage in an orientation direction of the fiber of the fiber layer."

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