US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on May 12 for "Physical quantity sensor and inertial measurement unit" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,159, issued on May 12, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Physical quantity sensor and inertial measurement unit" was invented by Koichiro Komizo (Suwa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A physical quantity sensor includes an anchor fixed to a substrate, a support beam, a fixed electrode unit, a movable body, and a damper unit. The fixed electrode unit is provided at the substrate. One end of the support beam is coupled to the anchor. The movable body includes a movable electrode unit and a frame unit. The movable electrode unit includes a movable electrode facing a fixed electrode of the fixed electrode unit. The frame un...