ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,098, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOPRAY MEMS INC. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Vibration motor with a closed-loop magnetic circuit" was invented by Chin-Sung Liu (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Hsiao-Ming Chien (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Chi-Ling Chang (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a vibration motor with a closed-loop magnetic circuit, comprising a motor body, which further comprising: a stator fixed seat, a stator yoke, and a flexible circuit board; a mover, further comprising: a mover carrier, a magnet; and a mover yoke; and a suspension device, further comprising: an elastic support...