US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Sept. 2 for "Vibrator device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,323, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vibrator device" was invented by Ryuta Nishizawa (Nagano, Japan) and Junichi Takeuchi (Chino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrator device includes: a base including a semiconductor substrate having an integrated circuit disposed at a first surface; a vibration element electrically coupled to the integrated circuit; and a lid having an end surface of a side wall bonded to the first surface at a bonding portion. A first circuit of the integrated circuit includes a first circuit element disposed in a first region overlapping the bonding portion in a plan view...