ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,736, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Japan).

"Vibrator device" was invented by Seiichiro Ogura (Minowa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrator device includes a base, a vibrator element, a support substrate configured to support the vibrator element, and at least three bonding members which are arranged on the support substrate at a distance from each other, and which are configured to bond the support substrate and the base to each other, wherein the support substrate has a thin-wall portion, and the thin-wall portion is arranged between a pair of the bonding members adjacent to each other at a distanc...