US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on May 5 for "Piezoelectric sound component having a case with stepped portion" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,382, issued on May 5, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Piezoelectric sound component having a case with stepped portion" was invented by Shungo Kanai (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Tadashi Okuzawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Toshiyuki Sakai (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yuta Okada (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric sound component is provided that includes a piezoelectric diaphragm and a case. The piezoelectric diaphragm is accommodated in the case. Moreover, a diaphragm 10 has a peripheral portion that includes a first peripheral portion and a second peripheral portion. The first peripheral p...