US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on May 19 for "Systems and methods for tuning resonators for enhanced sensitivity" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,516, issued on May 19, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Systems and methods for tuning resonators for enhanced sensitivity" was invented by Xiaopeng Li (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Taehwa Lee (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ziqi Yu (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Yuyang Song (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to tuning a mechanical resonator for detecting a significant value using an electrical resonator that enhances sensitivity. In one embodiment, a system includes a mechanical resonator ...