ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,108, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Microelectromechanical accelerometer with force feedback loop" was invented by Marco Garbarino (Cusago, Italy) and Gabriele Gattere (Castronno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microelectromechanical accelerometer includes a microstructure, having sensing terminals and driving terminals distinct from the sensing terminals, a supporting body and a movable mass, coupled to the supporting body so as to be able to oscillate according to a sensing axis with respect to a rest position, and a control unit coupled to the microstructure so as to for...