US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Aug. 4 for "Vibrator device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,966, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Vibrator device" was invented by Norifumi Shimizu (Matsumoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrator device includes a vibration element, a circuit element configured to drive the vibration element, and a package that accommodates the vibration element and the circuit element. The package includes a mounting surface having a rectangular shape in a plan view and a plurality of external terminals arranged at the mounting surface, the plurality of external terminals include a corner terminal disposed at a corner of the mounting surface and a side terminal dispose...