ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,921, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vibrator device and method for manufacturing vibrator device" was invented by Masahiro Fujii (Shiojiri, Japan) and Ryuichi Kurosawa (Suwa-gun Hara-mura, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrator device includes: an element substrate including a frame portion having a first surface and a second surface, and a vibrator element disposed inside the frame portion; a first substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface, the first substrate being bonded to the first surface of the frame portion at the third surface; a second substrate having a fifth surface a...