US Patent Issued to PIEMACS SARL on June 30 for "Flexible, piezoelectric, miniaturized vibration sensor for machine integration" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,371, issued on June 30, was assigned to PIEMACS SARL (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Flexible, piezoelectric, miniaturized vibration sensor for machine integration" was invented by Paul Muralt (La Sarraz, Switzerland), Ramin Matloub (Renens, Switzerland) and Robin Nigon (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibration sensor based on piezoelectric thin films, or smart cuts of piezoelectric materials, integrated into a functional, metallic housing that transmits vibration deformations applied to the housing correctly into the sensor in a frequency range that is typically-but not limited to-1 Hz to 20 kHz. The sensor compris...