ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,946, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"MEMS gyroscope with enhanced robustness against vibrations and reduced dimensions" was invented by Luca Giuseppe Falorni (Limbiate, Italy), Patrick Fedeli (Senago, Italy), Gabriele Gattere (Castronno, Italy), Carlo Valzasina (Gessate, Italy) and Paola Carulli (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "MEMS gyroscope, having a first movable mass configured to move with respect to a fixed structure along a first drive direction and along a first sense direction, transverse to the first drive direction; a first drive assembly, coupled to the first m...